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Pte. Matthew McDonald
British Army 26th Battalion (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
(d.1st July 1916)
Matthew McDonald served with the 26th Battalion (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers. hH was aged 34 when he died on 1st July 1916.
Born in Jarrow, he was the son of Thomas and Margaret McDonald. On the 1911 census, Matthew McDonald age 29 General Labourer in Tyneside Rivet Works is listed as living with his parents Thomas and Margaret McDonald and family at 117 Windsor Avenue, Gateshead. He enlisted in Newcastle.