MacDONALD, Donald Leslie
(Service number 7/2096)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 22/05/1895 | 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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Death
| Date | 22 November 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.
Donald died in 1969. The 'Press' carried his obituary on 28 November 1969:
"Mr Donald Leslie Macdonald, who died at Timaru this week, was a well-known farmer. Born at Geraldine, he was educated at Christchurch and Ashburton. Until the outbreak of the First World War, he worked on the family sheep holding at Awatere, Marlborough. He enlisted in the Mounted Rifles and served for five years in Egypt and on the Western Front. On returning to New Zealand, Mr Macdonald worked on his family's new property, "Carriente," Mid-Canterbury. He was then manager of "Timpendean" (Waikari), "Moa Flat Downs" (Otago) and, on behalf of the National Bank of New Zealand, Ltd, "Knocklyn," Tai Tapu. Mr Macdonald managed Chetnole, Ltd, a group of nine South Canterbury farms, before he took up farming on his own account at "Riverslea," Ikawai, where he remained for 20 years until he retired in 1955. At Ikawai he was a member of the Home Guard, the hall committee, the Elephant Hill Drainage Board, the rabbit board, and the Waimate Agricultural and Pastoral Association. Mr Macdonald is survived by his wife (formerly Miss Jessie Reese), and a daughter."
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 June 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 June 2019]; SCRoll web submission by T Brosnahan, 29 May 2024
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