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Matthew Peter McDONALD

Regimental number1198
Place of birthWollombi, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressSouth Maitland, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32.3
Height5' 10.5"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah McDonald, 158 Elgin Street, South Maitland, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 January 1916
Place of enlistmentWest Maitland, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name34th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/51/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 2 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 14 January 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Robert and Sandra Crofts
Discharge date18 August 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia from Liverpool on board HT 'City of York', 14 January 1919; arrived Melbourne, 27 February 1919, for onward travel to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit: gas poisoning), Sydney, 18 August 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Death attributed to War Service.
Date of death7 September 1930
Age at death46
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (Sec. R.C. 10, 2055), Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, McDONALD Matthew Peter

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