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McDONALD, Alexander Francis
(Service number 18/18)

Father A F McDonald — Extracted from"St. Patrick's Parish Waimate, 1865-1965, the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 1890-1965", published in 1965. (South Canterbury Museum 2014/107.177)

Aliases
First Rank		Last Rank	Chaplain Class IV (Captain)

Birth

Date	27 March 1879	Place of Birth	Oxford, Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Waimate
Occupation	Catholic Priest
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mr R. J. McDONALD (brother), Bank New South Wales, Napier
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Chaplains Department
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Chaplain Class IV (Captain)
Date	13 November 1915
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Chaplains Department

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	29 August 1957	Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Block RC2, Plot 53
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Alexander Francis McDONALD was born on 27 march 1879 at oxford, North Canterbury, the first born of alexander and Angelina (née CLARKE) McDONALD.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 March 2015]; Press, 17 December 1877 (Papers Past) [21 June 2016]

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