Family background
Robert Henry McDonald was born on 18 September 1878 at Yass, NSW, the son of John McDonald and Jane S Kaizer. He married Sarah Jane Weeks at Waterloo, on 20 May 1902 and they had 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived at 66 Great Buckingham Street, Redfern.
McDonald died on 2 April 1957, aged 80 years, at Balmain and was buried in the Methodist Section of the Field of Mars Cemetery.
Occupation & interests
Robert McDonald was elected as an independent alderman from Belmore Ward where he worked as a self employed jeweller.
Community activity
Robert McDonald was a justice of the peace (JP).
Local government service
Robert Henry McDonald was elected as an alderman for Belmore Ward in 1920 and he resigned in 1927.
References
‘Advertising’, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 February 1920, p.9, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15883854