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Gordon Lindsay Arthur Donald

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gordon Lindsay Arthur AWMM
  • Surname
    Donald AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Sam AWMM
  • Service number
    80116 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1914 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 August 2023 - NZ BDM Birth records
  • Place of birth
    Tolaga Bay, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 August 2023 - NZ BDM Birth records
  • Birth notes
    Son of Arthur & Mary Ann DONALD of Tolaga Bay Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 August 2023 - NZ BDM Birth records
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Tolaga Bay, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr A. Donald (father), Tolaga Bay, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • 1946 Gordon Lindsay Arthur DONALD married Melva Muriel MORRIS Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 August 2023 - NZ BDM Marriage records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    80116 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • 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
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Husband of Melva AWMM
    • Married March 1946, St Mark's Anglican Church, Takapau, Central Hawke's Bay Public - Stephen - Child - 24 April 2020 - Many roads from Hauiti : a Tolaga Bay memoir / by Sam (G.L.A.) Donald ; with introduction and appendices by Stephen Donald.
      Sam Donald 1914-2011; Stephen L Donald (editor)
      Gisborne, N.Z. : Rakopu Press, 2003

      Mangaheia to Monfalcone : a Tolaga Bay soldier's memoir 1941-1946 / by Sam (G.L.A.) Donald.
      Sam Donald 1914-2011
      Tolaga Bay, N.Z. : Rakopu Press, 2004
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Death

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  • Death
    14 June 2011 AWMM
    Age 97 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Tolaga Bay Cemetery, Ferneaux Street, Tolaga Bay, Gisborne District, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
    TOLRS Plot 129 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 November 2022 - Tolaga Bay Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
    • Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 16 June 2011 AWMM
    • Sma (Gordon Lindsay Arthur) DONALD - Returned Serviceman No 80116 - 19 Armoured Regt WW2 on 14 June 2011 (formerly of Tolaga Bay & Takapau HB) Much Loved husband of the late Melva (nee' NORRIS) aged 97 years. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 November 2022 - Gisborne Herald - Death Notice
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Sources

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    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 52 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 16 June 2011 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
27 August 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
24 April 2020StephenGisborneChild

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