McDONALD  H.R.

Given Names:  Hugh Robertson

               

Service Number:  205

Unit:  23rd Battalion                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  22 Yrs  7 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7½ In                  

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  33-35½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Medium

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/3/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Angus McDonald

Terry Street, Deepdene, Victoria                                                                                      

Embarkation Date:  10/5/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Euripides A14

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Essex    

Embarked:  7/6/1918                                 

Disembarked:  1/8/1918

Unit:  No. 2 Ordinance Depot                                                                                                         

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  10/9/1918                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  21404

British War Medal:  11439

Victory Medal:  11351

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1892

Place:  Footscray, Victoria                       

Father:  Angus McDONALD                     

Mother:  Mary Ann McKENZIE

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1924     

Place:             

Spouse: Ivy Florence TURNER

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 17/1/1957                          

Place: Brighton, Victoria                          

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Had spinal meningitis

Served at Gallipoli

 

MEMORIALS

Beckett Park (West)

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary