Charles Cleland McDonald

CHARLES CLELAND MCDONALD
Charles Cleland McDonald Reg. No. 2449 was the second son of Robert and Jeanette J McDonald of Port Lincoln. Next of kin was altered to Marian McDonald nee MacKinnon of Edinburgh Scotland, whom he married in August 1918, whilst on leave.
Charles was born at Ninnes in South Australia. He attended Athelstone public school.
He enlisted into the 27th Infantry Battalion on 21st June 1915. HMAT Themistocles A32 left Adelaide on 13th October 1915 with the replacement soldiers for the 27th Infantry Battalion aboard. He served in Egypt in September 1915 and France in March 1916. In August 1916 he was evacuated to England with a severe gunshot wound to the back. In October 1916 he was again hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the left shoulder. In October 1918 he was promoted to Corporal and died at the front aged 31 years. His death was witnessed by Pte. H Speck and his Regimental Sergeant Major sent a Corporal to bury him where he fell. He died near Joncourt in France and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux memorial. He has no known grave.

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