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Allan Gordon MacDonald

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Headstone of Fly Off Allan Gordon MACDONALD 421737. Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 4835. Image kindly provided by Allan Steel CC-BY 4.0.

Headstone of Fly Off Allan Gordon MACDONALD 421737. Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Cou …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Allan Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    MacDonald AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ421737 AWMM
    • WWII 421737 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 April 1918 RNZAF Biographies (R17845613) Dunedin, Otago RNZAF Biographies (R17845613)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Stepmother: Mrs. H. D. Macdonald, 5 Preston Crescent, Belleknowes, Dunedin AWMM
    • WW2 Mother: Mrs. H. D. Macdonald of Dunedin AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed on air operations AWMM

Biographical information

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  • Son of Robert Stuart Macdonald, and of Mary Macdonald (nee Gordon), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

    The seven crew initially were buried in a collective grave on the edge of a wood 600 metres north of the town but were later reinterred at Rheinberg.

    Attended Otago Boys' High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845613)) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    • 24 December 1943 AWMM
      Age 25 AWMM
      Germany, Europe AWMM
    • 24 December 1943 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 25 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Rheinberg War Cemetery, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany AWMM 10. D. 2. AWMM
    • Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 48, Plot 35 AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM
    • RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ma - McW. Archives New Zealand (R17845613) - Former archives reference: AIR118 AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743) AWMM
    • Please note that the 12 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions. AWMM

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