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McDONALD, George John
(Service number 16929)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	20/05/1876	Place of Birth	Clinton

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Pareora
Occupation	Freezing Works hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Fred ANDREWS (friend)), Pareora, Canterbury
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

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	29th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	15 August 1917
Transport	Ruahine
Embarked From		Destination

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

George John McDonald, born in 1876 at Clinton, was the son of Donald McDonald and Janet (née Simpson?). He returned to New Zealand per the "Athenic" in March 1919. He may well have died on 17 November 1948, aged 72 years, a labourer, and been buried in Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [16 March 2019]; Sun, 8 March 1919 (Papers Past) [11 March 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [16 March 2019]; Ruru Cemetery, Christchurch burial record (Christchurch City Council) [17 March 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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