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Lionel McDONALD

Regimental number3161
Place of birthGlen Innes, New South Wales
Other NamesLionel Sydney Roderick
SchoolGlen Innes Public School, New South Wales
Other trainingHorse breaking and mail coach driving
ReligionChurch of England
AddressAtchison Road, Macquarie Fields, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 4.5"
Weight138 lbs
Next of kinFather, W.H. McDonald, Atchison Road, Macquarie Fields, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 August 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
159
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Henry and Theresa Magdalen McDONALD, Barranganyatti, Minto, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3173 Sergeant Percy Leonard McDONALD, 54th Bn, returned to Australia, 4 May 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Joined 2nd Bn, Tel el Kebir, 5 February 1916.

Transferred to 54th Bn, 14 February 1916; joined 54th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Wounded in action, 19/20 July 1916.

Now, 24 January 1917, reported 'Wounded and Missing, 19/20 July 1916'.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19/20 July 1916'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, McDONALD Lionel

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