McINNES, Donald John
(Service number 8/4461)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 15 September 1880 | Place of Birth | Scotland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 16 November 1915 | Age | |
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| Occupation | Seaman | ||
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| Next of Kin | Angus McINNES (father), South Borsdale, South Uist, Scotland | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 11th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company | ||
| Date | 1 April 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 28 July 1966 | Age | 85 years |
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| Place of Death | Papakura, Auckland | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Pukerimu Lawn Cemetery, Paeroa | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Donald John McInnes (MacInnes) was born on ... 1881(?), at South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland, the son of Angus and Margaret (née MacDonald) MacInnes. Perhaps he had MacDonald relatives at Fairlie.
Sources
Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [03 September 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5544 0073813) [04 August 2016]; Evening Post, 21 October 1916, 12 & 14 December 1917, 1 October 1918, New Zealand Times, 21 October 1916, 2 October 1918, Southland Times, 17 December 1917, Star, 1 October 1918, Sun, 1 October 1918, Dominion, 2 October 1918 (Papers Past) [03 September 2016]; Timaru Herald, 29 July 1966 (Timaru District Library) [12 May 2017]
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