Captain George William MACARTNEY, a 27 year old Doctor from Grafton, New South Wales. He enlisted in the AIF on 25 August 1914 and was allotted to the 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, Headquarters which embarked from Brisbane, Queensland on board HMAT A15 Star of England 24 September 1914. MACARTNEY subsequently was Wounded in Action, 6 June 1915. During the Great War MACARTNEY Returned to Australia, 19 October 1918. MACARTNEY was Mentioned in Despatches twice.

The Queenslander, 26 September 1914, p. 23.