Lieutenant Albert James McDonald

Service number VX5554
Birth Date 25/04/1920
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Fitzroy
Death Date 03/02/1943
Death Place New Guinea
Final Rank Lieutenant
Service Australian Army
Unit 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion
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Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
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Lieutenant Albert James McDonald joined the Second Australian Imperial Force on 4 November 1939, after previously serving with the militia. He declared that he was several months older than his age in order to enlist. Lieutenant McDonald was posted to 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, and served with his unit in Palestine, Egypt, Libya, Greece, and Syria. He then went on to serve in New Guinea. On 3 February 1943, Lieutenant McDonald was killed in action in New Guinea. He is buried at Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

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    Wallet 1 of 1 - Papers relating to Lieutenant Albert James McDonald, 1939-1942

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Date of birth 25/04/1920
Date of enlistment 04/11/1939
Date of death 03/02/1943

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