DONALDSON, Alick Rangi Gillespie
(Service number 47501)
| First Rank | Sergeant Major | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 4 October 1892 | Place of Birth | Dunedin |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Union bank, Geraldine | ||
| Occupation | Bank clerk | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | John DONALDSON (father), Kew, Caversham, Dunedin | ||
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 | 32nd Reinforcements, Specialist Company | ||
| Date | 16 November 1917 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 5 April 1983 | Age | 90 years |
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| Place of Death | Ashburton | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated, ashes interred Ashburton cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Alick Rangi Gillespie Donaldson was the son of John and Marion (née McPherson) Donaldson, both of whom hailed from Scotland. He was educated at Arthur Street School and Caversham School in Dunedin, going to Selwyn Collegiiate at the age of 14. Alick was a bank clerk when he was called up in 1916. In 1924 he married Violet Helen Reith.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 May 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [31 May 2019]; Ashburton Cemetery burial record (ashburton District Council) [31 May 2019]
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