condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

English Māori

Douglas Oliver McDonald

Lay a poppy
Uncle doug in Egypt Nth Africa

Uncle doug

No known copyright restrictions.

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Douglas Oliver AWMM
  • Surname
    McDonald AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    63248 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J.M. McDonald (wife), 34 Awarua Crescent, Orakei, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›

Military decorations

Contribute ›
  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
    • WW2
      25 October 1943 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Stalag 357 (No. 2), Kopernikus, Germany 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 35808 AWMM

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Husband of Joyce; father of Barry, Christopher Lesley

    Last Unit information gained from the death notice AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    1 November 2004 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
    Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, November 2004 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Douglas Oliver McDonald by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Douglas Oliver McDonald

Leave a note

Contribute ›
  • Miss you pa,you always understood me
    You were the best granddad

    Public - Craig - Direct descendant - 21 April 2020
    Report

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
  • Documents
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 245 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, November 2004 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • L.R.D.G. Membership Roll February 1970. Long Range Desert Group (N.Z. Association). Auckland Museum EPH-W2-11-27. AWMM
    • O'Carroll, B. (2000). The Kiwi scorpions : the story of the New Zealanders in the Long Range Desert Group. Devon, England: Token Publishing. AWMM

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
21 April 2020CraigTe awamutu Direct descendant
25 March 2020Carlin Auckland Direct descendant
The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons License Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License