MacDONALD, Donald Leslie
(Service number 7/2096)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 22 May 1895 | Place of Birth | Geraldine |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 39 Hawthorne Road, Papanui, Christchurch | ||
| Occupation | Sheep farmer | ||
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| Next of Kin | D. MacDONALD (father), 39 Hawthorn Road, Papanui, Christchurch | ||
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 | 9th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, C Squadron | ||
| Date | 8 January 1916 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 13 March 1969 | Age | 74 years |
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| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated; ashes interred in Waimate Old Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Donald Leslie Macdonald was the second son of Donald and Agnes Margaret (née Glanville) Macdonald. He was educated at elmwood School, Christchurch. His brother Allan William Macdonald who had joined the Royal Flying Corps, died in an aeroplane accident in England in November 1918. Cousins Allan Farquhar Macdonald and Reginald Orton Macdonald also served in World War I. Donald married Jessie Hannah Reese in 1921. .
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 June 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 June 2019]
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