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McDonald, Hugh
Quartermaster in the 46th Regiment who also operated a private retailing business which he ran from his premises in York Street where he lived with his wife Mary and their four children. The 46th left Sydney for Madras in 1817, but McDonald returned to join his family in 1818. McDonald died in 1819 at the age of 36 and was the first person to be buried in the new Devonshire Street cemetery.