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Donald McINNES

Regimental number3108
Place of birthColeraine Victoria
SchoolColeraine State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressColeraine, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Donald McInnes, Muntham Glen, Coleraine, Victoria
Enlistment date25 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 19 February 1917
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was on the S.S. Ballarat when it was torpedoed on 25 April, he was rescued and reached Waymouth that same evening.
FateKilled in Action 15 June 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, 1918 France
Age at death28.11
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 8), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
128
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Donald and Sarah MCINNES, Muntham Glen, coleraine, Victoria, Australia
Family/military connectionsCPL, James McPherson Smith Hotspur, CO
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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