Donald Johnstone McGavin

Taitara

CMG

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 January 2016 - Military Record

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Donald Johnstone AWMM

Ingoa whānau

McGavin AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 3/604 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Pono

Church of England

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 January 2016 - Military Record

Whānautanga mai

19 Aug 1876 AWMM

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

son of John & Jessie McGavin of Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 January 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald report 3 Nov 1915 page 3 - refer document Torpedoed Transport

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

WW1 Pre 19 Apr 1915 AWMM Upper Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

WW1 Mrs Mary McGavin (wife), 200 Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Pre 21 May 1915 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM
• 27 August 1903 married Mary Allan Chapple in Wellington
  father of 1 son - Donald Burns McGavin
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 January 2016 - http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3m8/mcgavin-donald-johnstone & BMD NZ Records

Pakanga

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1918 AWMM Le Quesnoy AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 3/604 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

• Joined NZ Medical Corps in 1902 AWMM
• Served as a surgeon captain with the Union Rifle Volunteers before transferring to 5 Company, NZ Field Hospital and Bearer Corps in 1906 AWMM
• Medical Services, NZ Division AWMM
• Medical Services, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, UK AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Knight Bachelor AWMM
  Knighted for services to medicine in 1921 AWMM
• Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) AWMM
• Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
  DSO citation: "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty while acting as ADMS to his division. The successful evacuation of the wounded during our heavy offensive was due to the thoroughness of his preparations and his personal attention to the smallest details. He went into the advanced area at great personal risk to encourage the stretcher bearers and superintended the removal of casualties, setting a splendid example to all ranks." (London Gazette, 16 August 1917) AWMM
• Commander of the Order of St John (CStJ) AWMM
• Queen's South Africa Medal AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal with oak leaf AWMM
• King George V Silver Jubilee Medal 1935 AWMM
• Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration AWMM
• Volunteer Officer's Decoration (VD) AWMM
• New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal AWMM
• New Zealand Territorial Service Medal AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Four Times AWMM
  London Gazette 6 December 1916, p11941, Rec No 572 | London Gazette 1 June 1917, p54 | London Gazette 28 December 1917, p13576 | London Gazette 31 December 1918, p15231 AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 19 Apr 1915 AWMM
Age  38 AWMM
Medical practitioner AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 Marama 21 May 1915 AWMM Vessel was HMHS Marama AWMM Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital, France AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Inter War 1 Feb 1920 AWMM Major General/Military AWMM
New Zealand Army, Director of Medical Services AWMM

Matenga

8 May 1960 AWMM
Age  83 AWMM

Ingoa o te urupā

Crematorium in Wellington

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 January 2016 - Wellington Cemetery Records

Tohutoro kōhatu urupā

Record No. 19353

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 January 2016 - Wellington Cemetery Records

Pānui Matenga

• British Medical Journal, 21 May 1960, p1576
  
  New Zealand Medical Journal v59 n335 (July 1960), pp348-349
  
  Evening Post, 9 May 1960, p12 AWMM
• http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3m8/mcgavin-donald-johnstone
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 January 2016 - http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3m8/mcgavin-donald-johnstone

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10924151
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• Wikidata Entity
  http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5294611
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 447
• British Medical Journal
  21 May 1960, p1576
• The Evening Post
  9 May 1960, p12
• New Zealand Medical Journal
  v59 n335 (July 1960), pp348-349
• Unknown photographer. (1914 - 1918) [Battles at Ypres and Messines]. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira. PH-ALB-195.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• Pat Clarkson Medical Practitioner Research Project (January 2014 - March 2022). This project identified Medical Practioners who served in WWI.
• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• The Le Quesnoy Campaign research was undertaken by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists as part of the development of New Zealand Liberation Museum - Te Arawhata (Le Quesnoy France). This research project was led by CJ Barbour (NZSG), BI Silvester, HH Farrant (NZMHS) with the support of NZSG volunteers (2022). The individuals included in this research dataset were identified as potentially having served in or around the wider Le Quesnoy campaign. Their presence at Le Quesnoy has not been individually verified in every case.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Carbery, A.R.D. (1924). The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War, 1914-1918 : based on official documents. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs.