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McDONALD, James
(Service number 7/1875)

Aliases	Surname also spelt as MacDonald
First Rank	Lance-Corporal	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	06/10/1894	Place of Birth	Redcliff

Enlistment Information

Date	26 August 1915	Age	21 years
Address at Enlistment	Post-office, Glenavy, South Canterbury
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury Regiment
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	A. McDONALD (father), Redcliff, Glenavy, South Canterbury
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 11½ inches. Weight 12 stone. Chest measurement 35-38 inches. Complexion medium. Eyes grey-blue. Hair dark brown. Sight - normal, both eyes 6/6. Hearing and colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full and perfect movement of joints. Chest well formed. Heart and lungs normal. Teeth good. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. Says he has never been ill & has never had a fit.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	8th Reinforcements
Date	13 November 1915
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian; Western European
Service Medals	1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	13 April 1919	Reason	Termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	5 July 1965	Age	70 years
Place of Death	Auckland
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Cremated Purewa, Auckland; ashes interred Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James McDONALD (name also spelt MacDOMALD) was born in 1894 at Redcliffs near Glenavy, the older son of Alexander and Rachel (née LINDSAY) McDONALD.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [18 December 2015]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5544 0072589) [18 December 2015]; School Admission Records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [10 December 2015]; Timaru Herald, 20 July 1915, 26 August 1915, 5 March 1919, Evening Post, 3 March 1919 (Papers Past) [19 December 2015]

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