General Arthur Leslie MacDonald

Service number	18, 1/8, QX6229
Ranks Held	Lieutenant Colonel, Major General, General, Colonel
Birth Date	1919-01-30
Birth Place	Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Rockhampton
Death Date	1995-01-20
Final Rank	General
Service	Australian Army
Units	Australian Army Service Corps CDFS 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment Australian Force Vietnam 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion Miscellaneous Australian Detachments (Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps)
Places	Sydney Rockhampton
Conflicts/Operations	Korea, 1950-1953 Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 Period 1950-1959 Period 1970-1979 Second World War, 1939-1945 Vietnam, 1962-1975
Gazettes	Biographical information The Oxford companion to Australian military history in 1995 Published in London Gazette in 1969-03-18 Published in London Gazette in 1953-01-01 Published in London Gazette in 1977-12-31 Published in London Gazette in 1953-11-24 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1969-03-13 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1953-01-08 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1978-01-03

Collection items

Date of birth	30 January 1919	Rockhampton, QLD.
Other	1939	Graduated from the Royal Military College.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	24 May 1940	2/15th Battalion.
Other units	1953 - 1954	Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, Korea.
Other	1955 - 1956	Director of Military Operations.
Other	1957 - 1959	SEATO Planning Officer, Bangkok.
Date of departure	09 February 1957
Date of return	08 March 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 January 1995