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McDONALD, Charles
(Service number 27325)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Staff Sergeant

Birth

Date	15/10/1887	Place of Birth	Orari Bridge

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Orari Bridge
Occupation	Farm labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	A. D. McDONALD (father), Orari Bridge, South Canterbury
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	17th Reinforcements, J Company
Date	25 September 1916
Transport	Devon
Embarked From		Destination	Devonport, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment

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

Farmer

Death

Date	22 December 1971	Age	84 years
Place of Death	Orari Bridge
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Arundel Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 52, Plot 47
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Charles McDonald, 27325, was the son of Alexander and Agnes (née Waterston) McDonald.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [16 June 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [16 June 2017]; Arundel Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [16 June 2017]

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