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Neil Donaldson

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Headstone of Pte Neil DONALDSON 36429. Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 45S55. Image kindly provided by Allan Steel CC-BY 4.0.

Headstone of Pte Neil DONALDSON 36429. Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 45S55 …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Neil AWMM
  • Surname
    Donaldson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 36429 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 22 Brown Street, Dunedin AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Miss Jessie Clementina Donaldson (sister), C/O Mrs. Brien, 25 Waterloo Avenue, Wellington AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 36429 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 21 September 1916 Military Personnel File Ploughman/Civilian Military Personnel File
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Other, WWI AWMM
    Nature of injury: G.S.W. head Pension: 12/6 Percent: [Not stated] Source: New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 December 1957 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
    Age 57 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 45S, Plot 55 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military Personnel File
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20997852
    Sources Used
  • References
    • New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% : compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent war pensions; and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) discharged hospital patients; assessed as suffering permanent disability, and who are whilst in hospital, receiving full pensions. New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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12 April 2023Graeme RonaldDunedinDirect descendant

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