Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Marble Bar, Western Australia

Place Of Burial
Marble Bar Cemetery, Western Australia

Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer

Cause of Death
Mine Accidents

Other Information
Biography: Don McLeod, M.C. — the one-armed Captain of the 12th One of the earliest to enlist in Western Australia, and as a N.C.O. of the 12th Battalion he took part in the landing and subsequent operations on Gallipoli. His courage and cheerfulness were outstanding, and when at Lone Pine in August, 1915, one of his arms was blown off by a bomb, sincere sorrow was expressed that his unit would see him no more. However, he got past the authorities somehow, and with an artificial limb he rejoined the 12th Battalion in France, serving with that unit until May, 1918, when he was wounded in the leg while on patrol. Upon his return to Western Australia he went north prospecting, and discovered a reef which was called McLeod's Reward. On this he sank, for the most part unaided, a shaft over 100ft. deep, a tremendous task for a one-armed man. He disposed of the mine to a company, which erected a battery on it. Shortly afterwards he came to Perth. Here he engaged in business pursuits for some years, but in 1927 an unfortunate motor accident, in which a car he was driving struck and killed a girl, unsettled him to such an extent that he returned to the north and took up mining again. His strength of character can be measured by his successful efforts on service and in civilian life, to overcome the disabilities imposed by an artificial arm. In him was typified the spirit of the A.I.F.