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Lance Corporal ERNEST ARTHUR McDONALD

Service Number: 517
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Engineers

2nd Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 31 October 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XXX. H. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of James Thomas and Janet McDonald, of Yarragon, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription THE DEARLY LOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. J.T. McDONALD OF YARRAGON, VICTORIA AGED 24 YEARS
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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