Pte
William Charles McDonald
Information about birth
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Year of birth: 1886 |
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Place of birth: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
Army information
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Country: Australia |
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Force: Australian Imperial Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 6546 |
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Units: — Australian Infantry, 2nd Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 06/11/1917 |
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Age: 31 |
Cemetery
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Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Plot: VI Row: A Grave: 1 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 1
| #1 | Place of birth |
Sources 2
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2nd Australian Infantry Battalion, (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/19/31). https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338583 Sources used |
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First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455, MCDONALD W C). https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/NameSearch.aspx Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/480346 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=ef97e294-c995-4c6d-b2a9-25db3436c3da |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7287191 |
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The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=196599 |