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Robert MACDONALD

Regimental number4080
Place of birthBallarat Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSchool teacher
Address132 Yarra Street, Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinRobert Macdonald, 132 Yarra Street, Geelong, Victoria
Enlistment date1 August 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll18 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 21 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 17 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXII, Row B, Grave No. 7A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
142
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Louise MACDONALD, 132 Yarra Street, Geelong, Victoria. Native of Ballarat, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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