BORN HULL 1896. SON OF ROBERT & SARAH ELIZABETH MCDONALD, OF 119 BALFOUR STREET, HULL. AN OFFICE BOY.
HE ENLISTED DURING THE FIRST WEEKS OF WAR AND SERVED IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AS A PIONEER. HE WAS KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, TAKING THE TEKKE TEPPE HILL. HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND AND HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE HELLES MEMORIAL. TO THE MISSING. A SINGLE MAN. AGED 19.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, ROBERT McDONALD, WHO MOVED TO 3 MELROSE CRESCENT, WITHERNSEA AND THEN HIS MOTHER, SARAH AT 17 THE PROMENADE, WITHERNSEA (WR PENSION ADDRESS). HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WITHERNSEA WW1 MEMORIAL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/08/1916. *
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WITHERNSEA WW1 MEMORIAL.
HIS BROTHER, WHO WAS ONLY 16 YEARS OLD WAS SERVING AS A TRUMPETER, IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY.
