MacDONALD, Reginald Orton
(Service number 13/2221)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 05/07/1895 | Place of Birth | Woodbury, Geraldine |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Waiuku | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Farquhar MacDONALD (father), Waiuku | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 6th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Auckland Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 14 August 1915 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| 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 | 26 May 1972 | Age | 76 years |
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| Place of Death | Dargarville, Northland | ||
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| 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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