Donald Muir Galloway

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Donald Muir AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Galloway AWMM

Nama Hōia

23749 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Pono

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Whānautanga mai

7 Oct 1917 AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Pre Mar 1940 AWMM 30 Beach Road, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mr J. Galloway (father), Beach Road, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 01 Dec 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Western Desert AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

23749 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

Territorials (joined 1938) AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Mar 1940 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM
Grocer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Second Lieutenant AWMM Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito

WW2 POW - Unknown Prisoner of War Camp AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
  Septicemia AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
  Injured in Car accident (May 1942) AWMM
• Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died of wounds whilst a Prisoner of War AWMM
• 23 Sept 1942 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
  On board the hospital ship. Septicemia through open fracture on left leg. AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Lieutenant/Military AWMM
26 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Donald Galloway was the son of John and Jessie I. Galloway, of Thames, New Zealand.Son of John and Jessie Galloway of Parawai, Thames and brother of Jean and Kenneth.

He was the brother of Jean and Kenneth.

Went to Thames Central Primary School, Thames High School and Seddon Memorial Technical College 1934. Was keen on sport, both at college and after, particularly athletics, football, golf and tennis. AWMM

Matenga

23 Sept 1942 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Urupā

Naples War Cemetery, Italy AWMM II. K. 9. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-26Ba.html
  Sources Used
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2239469
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 164
• Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.