General Arthur Leslie MacDonald

Service number QX6229, 1/8, 18
Ranks Held 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 Force Vietnam
  • CDFS
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
  • Korean War, 1950-1953
  • Vietnam War, 1962-1975
  • Period 1945-1959
  • Period 1960-1979

Rolls

Timeline

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.
Other 1957 - 1959 SEATO Planning Officer, Bangkok.
Date of departure 09/02/1957
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