After two seasons playing with Essendon, Donaldson's career was interrupted by World War I when he spent fours years overseas with the Australian Expeditionary Force.
While in London he took part in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916, representing the Australian Training Units team.
A back pocket specialist, Donaldson was tough to beat in an aerial contest and was a long kick of the ball.
After retiring in 1926, Donaldson became a noted football journalist for the Truth newspaper.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1894 is a stub.