Robert Henry McDonald

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Robert Henry AWMM

Ingoa whānau

McDonald AWMM

Nama Hōia

• WWI 2/143 AWMM
• WWII 800147 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1891

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Wāhi Whānau

Auckland

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of John & Sarah McDONALD

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

R.N.Z.A. Depot, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

• Mrs S. McDonald (mother), Edward Street, Thames, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs S. McDonald (mother), Edward Street, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
• 1920 Robert Henry McDONALD married Amy Agnes GREEN of Gisborne
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Pakanga

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

• WWI 2/143 AWMM
• WWII 800147 AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  London Gazette 16 August 1917, p8430, Rec No 836 AWMM

Te urunga

• WW1 Baker/Civilian AWMM
• WW2 Baker/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

• WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 7 or HMNZT 10 AWMM Vessel was Arawa or Limerick AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM Main Body AWMM
• Inter War Tutanekai 24 January 1919 AWMM Vessel was Tutanekai AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM Gunners on Mine-Sweepers AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

• WW1 Royal New Zealand Artillery AWMM
• WW2 Captain/Military AWMM
  New Zealand Permanent Staff, Royal New Zealand Artillery, Northern Military District AWMM

Husband of Amy McDonald, of 11a Collier Avenue, Auckland; father of four

Not found on the Nominal Roll WW2 (17 November 2008)

SuppNom: Ex Main Body. AWMM

Matenga

16 Dec 1942 AWMM
Age  49 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Hillsborough Cemetery, Hillsborough Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Area 10. Block C, Grave 71. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

"The death has occurred of Captain Robert Henry McDonald. M.C., who served in the Dominion's Permanent Military Forces for about 30 years, and was a well known member of the Royal New Zealand Artillery. He left New Zealand in 1914 with the Main Body and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in action. After the war he spent some time in the Northern Military District and was well known as an instructor of secondary school cadets and field artillery units. Gaining a commission during the present war he was later promoted to captain. He is survived by his wife and four children."

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

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

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10923713
  Further Reference
• Obituary: Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 298, 17 December 1942, Page
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19421217.2.85&srpos
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2920323
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• 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.
• Auckland Star
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 443
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  92: 4
• Auckland Star
• 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. 5: Includes portrait
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.