Topic: AIF - 1B - 1 LHR
1st LHR, AIF
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Ronald Alexander Leslie Macdonald
Ronald Alexander Leslie Macdonald
Rank: Lieutenant [Lt]
Unit: 1 Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 9 August 1916
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: MACDONALD, Lt. Ronald Alexander Leslie. 1st Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 9th Aug., 1916. Age 27. Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Macdonald, of Erudgere, Mudgee, New South Wales. B. 83.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Ronald Alexander Leslie Macdonald from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 462 |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Station Overseer |
| Address | Eurunderee, Mudgee, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 25 |
| Next of kin | Father, A. MacDonald, Eurunderee, Mudgee, New South Wales |
| Enlistment date | 25 August 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, C Squadron |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/6/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star of Victoria on 20 October 1914 |
| Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF |
| Fate | Killed in Action 9 August 1916 |
| Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *given names on photocopy are Ronald Alexander |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No 83), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 2 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Alexander and Elizabeth MACDONALD, Erudgete, Mudgee, New South Wales |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 1st LHR, Roll of Honour, Ronald Alexander Leslie Macdonald
