Alex Bath MacDonald
Alex MacDonald | |
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Nickname(s) | Bandy |
Born |
Walcha, New South Wales | 13 April 1898
Died |
12 May 1981 83)[1] Sydney, New South Wales | (aged
Allegiance | Australia |
Service/branch | Australian Army |
Years of service | 1940–1950 |
Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Commands held |
Australian Cadet Corps Jungle Training Centre Darwin Mobile Force |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Lieutenant Colonel Alex Bath "Bandy" MacDonald (13 April 1898 – 12 May 1981) was an Australian Army officer.
Family and education
MacDonald was born in Walcha, New South Wales,[2] son of Emily (née Bath) and Alexander Mark MacDonald.[3] He was educated at Newington College from 1913 until 1916.[4]
Military service
MacDonald served during the Second World War and commanded the Jungle Training Centre and Darwin Mobile Force.[5] At war's end he became Director of the Australian Cadet Corps[6] and then was senior Australian military observer with the United Nations Commission for Indonesia.[7] His portrait is held by the Australian War Memorial.
References
- ↑ Ryerson Index
- ↑ BD&Ms. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ BD&Ms. Retrieved 4 May 20123
- ↑ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Sydney, 1999) pp 123
- ↑ Men of the Darwin Mobile Force drawn up in full ceremonial dress in Martin Place as Major A.B. (Bandy) MacDonald lays a wreath on the cenotaph.
- ↑ "CADETS IN CAMP.". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 26 August 1947. p. 9 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ↑ "PERSONAL.". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 18 February 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
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