General Arthur Leslie MacDonald

Service number	QX6229, 1/8, 18
Ranks Held	Colonel, General, Lieutenant Colonel, Major General
Birth Date	30/01/1919
Birth Place	Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Rockhampton
Death Date	20/01/1995
Final Rank	General
Service	Australian Army
Units	2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment Australian Army Service Corps Australian Force Vietnam CDFS Miscellaneous Australian Detachments (Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps)
Places	Rockhampton Sydney
Conflicts/Operations	Second World War, 1939-1945 Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 Korea, 1950-1953 Vietnam, 1962-1975 Period 1950-1959 Period 1970-1979

Collection items

Date of birth	30/01/1919	Rockhampton, QLD.
Other	1939	Graduated from the Royal Military College.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	24/05/1940	2/15th Battalion.
Other units	1953 - 1954	Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, Korea.
Other	1955 - 1956	Director of Military Operations.
Date of departure	09/02/1957
Other	1957 - 1959	SEATO Planning Officer, Bangkok.
Date of return	08/03/1959
Other	1965 - 1966	Commander Papua New Guinea Command.
Other	1966 - 1967	Deputy Chief of General Staff.
Other	1967 - 1968	Adjutant General.
Other	1968 - 1969	Commander Australian Forces Vietnam.
Other	1969 - 1970	Adjutant General.
Other	1975 - 1977	Chief of the General Staff.
Other	1977 - 1979	Chief of Defence Force Staff.
Other	1979	Retired.
Date of death	20/01/1995