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MacDONALD, Reginald Orton
(Service number 13/2221)

Aliases
First Rank Trooper Last Rank

Birth

Date 5 July 1895 Place of Birth Woodbury, Geraldine

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Waiuku
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Farquhar MacDONALD (father), Waiuku
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Auckland Mounted Rifles
Date 14 August 1915
Transport Tofua
Embarked From Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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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 Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 26 May 1972 Age 76 years
Place of Death Dargarville, Northland
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials Waiuku Memorial Hall, Waiuku

Biographical Notes

Reginald Orton Macdonald was the second of the three sons of Farquhar Aisthorpe and Marion Jeannie (née Orton) Macdonald. He married Thyra Nellie Renall in 1921. His brother Allan Farquhar Macdonald also served in World War I, as did cousins Allan William Macdonald (died in accident in 1918 in England) and Donald Leslie Macdonald.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 June 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 June 2019]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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