Keith Ian (Kim) Macdonald (1920–1940)
In accordance with a request which he had made In a note, Flying-Officer Keith Ian Macdonald, who was found dead in his Hat at South Yarra on Thursday, was buried alongside his wife in Woodend Cemetery yesterday. Mrs. Macdonald was killed on Tuesday when the car in which they were returning from a honeymoon trip to Sydney crashed on the Hume Highway.
A service at St. John's Church, Toorak, where Flying-Officer Macdonald was married less than a fortnight ago, was conducted by Rev. Dr. A. Law, vicar, assisted by Chaplain A. E. Donnelly. At Woodend the service was conducted by Rev. C. R. Miles, who conducted tho service at Mrs. Macdonald's funeral.
Chief mourners were Sir Robert Knox and Mr. Russell Clarke, who were Flying Officer Macdonald's guardians, and Captain H. B. Crane, R.N., his father-in-law.
Original publication
Additional Resources
- marries Suzanne Evelyn Crane, Argus (Melbourne), 25 September 1940, p 10
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Macdonald, Suzanne Evelyn (wife)
- Macdonald, Barbara (mother)
- MacDonald, William Ian (father)
- Ritchie, Queenie Mary (aunt)
- Macdonald, Claude Keith (uncle)
- Macdonald, Alice Blanche (grandmother)
- Macdonald, Falconar Chessborough (grandfather)
- Macdonald, Hamish Chesborough (cousin)
- Clarke, William Lionel (guardian)
- Knox, Robert Wilson (guardian)
Citation details
'Macdonald, Keith Ian (Kim) (1920–1940)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/macdonald-keith-ian-kim-22128/text32046, accessed 4 October 2024.
Kim Macdonald, 1940 photographer unknown
Sunday Times (Perth), 13 October 1940, p 2 S
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Falconar Macdonald, Keith Ian
Birth
Death
October,
1940
(aged ~ 20)
South Yarra, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
Cause of Death
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