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Donald George McLEOD

Regimental number1760
Place of birthWentworth New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressGraytown via Nagambie, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinWife, Mrs Myrtle McLeod c/o L McLeod, Graytown via Nagambie, Victoria
Enlistment date19 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 November 1915
Place of death or woundingLone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 10), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
99
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Wentworth Cemetery, New South Wales. Parents: Donald Ross (d. 2 December 1923, aged 72; bu. Wentworth Cemetery) and Georgina Caroline (d. 6 June 1935, aged 78; bu. Wentworth Cemetery) McLEOD
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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