McDONALD  L.

Given Names:  Leonard Alexander

               

Service Number:  2361

Unit:  4th Light Horse Regiment, 16th reinforcements                                                        

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  22 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Driver                                                                                                        

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5¼ In                  

Weight:  127 Lbs

Chest:  31-33 In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Dark

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  13/1/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Eliza McDonald

c/- Mrs Ward, Kelvin Grove, Auburn, Victoria                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  18/4/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Itria A53

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Ayreshire                                        

Embarked:  21/11/1916                             

Disembarked:  25/12/1916

Unit:  4th Light Horse Regiment                                                                                                     

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  18/4/1917                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  41785

Victory Medal:  41197

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1893

Place:  Wodonga, Victoria                        

Father:  Alexander McDONALD               

Mother:  Eliza FERMAN

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1924     

Place:             

Spouse: Annie Clark FOTHERINGHAM

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 22/2/1941                          

Place: ,           

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Hawthorn Town Hall

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

Lived at 217 High Street, Kew

 

Kew Rotary