Their bodies are buried in peace; but their names liveth for evermore.
Their Duty Done
A tribute to the men and women of the East Gippsland Region who Died
as a result of their participation in World War One : 1914 - 1919
500 Private Lindsay Gordon McDonald - Bairnsdale
Killed in Action 25 April 1915
….. in the second wave to come ashore
Archibald and Sarah McDonald moved to Bairnsdale about 1905 when
Lindsay, one of nine children, was about 15 years old. Before he enlisted on
17 August, he was working at the North Melbourne rail carriage workshops.
He was 21 years old and attached to D Company in the 7
th
Battalion and
found himself with many other East Gippsland men.
The 7
th
Battalion were the second wave to come ashore at 5.30am at
North Beach and were met with machine gun fire from above. Lindsay was
unaccounted for almost immediately. Sometime later a court of enquiry
determined that he died at the landing. He is believed to be buried amongst
those at No.2 Outpost Cemetery and is remembered on the Bairnsdale
Shire honour roll.
