Vivian de Burgh Donald worked for the Northern Assurance Company Ltd in Melbourne, Australia. He joined the Northern in January 1897 and was acting Country Inspector for the Melbourne branch by the outbreak of war. He enlisted September 1914 and was subsequently sent to Egypt. A Lance Corporal in the Australian Expeditionary Force 5th Infantry Battalion, he was later transferred to Gallipoli where he was killed in action aged 35. The company paid his widow a gratuity of £300.

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