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MacDONALD, James Ronald Joseph
(Service number 24189)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Corporal

Birth

Date	12/03/1896	Place of Birth	Geraldine

Enlistment Information

Date	13 January 1915	Age	19 years 11 months
Address at Enlistment	Albury
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience	Senior Cadets
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	A. W. MacDONALD (father), Greenlands, Albury, South Canterbury
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 6 feet 0⅜ inches. Weight 167 lbs. Chest measurement 34-37 inches. Complexion dark. Eyes hazel. Hair black. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing good. Colour vision normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contgaious skin disease. Vaccinated. No slight defects. No fits.

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	13th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	27 May 1916
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
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	13 August 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	12 August 1969	Age	74 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 14 August 1969
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 154, Plot 24
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James Ronald Joseph Macdonald was the youngest of ten in the family of Alexander and Catherine Mary (née Walsh) Macdonald. Born on 12 March 1896, James was baptised Catholic on 6 April 1896 at Geraldine.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [03 September 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5544 0070380) [04 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 27 & 29 October 1917, Sun, 27 October 1917, Evening Post, 19 November 1917, 14 December 1917 (Papers Past) [03 & 04 September 2016]; Catholic Baptisms index (Christchurch Catholic Diocese CD held by South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [04 September 2016]; Timaru Herald, 14 August 1969 (Timaru District Library) [05 September 2016]

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