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Ernest Arthur McDONALD

Regimental number1207
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBridge builder
AddressYarragon PO, Yarragon, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, James T McDonald, Yarragon, Victoria
Enlistment date12 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name2nd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 6
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/21/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 28 June 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll517
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Field Company Engineers
FateDied of wounds 31 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialEstaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXX, Row H, Grave No. 13), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
24
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Thomas and Janet MCDONALD, Yarragon, Gippsland, Victoria

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