Donald Wallace MACNAMARA

Regimental number7/1758
AddressMurchison
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs H Macnamara, Murchison
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNo 2 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 21 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Victor Thomas and Hannah MacNamara, Fairfax Street, Murchison, Nelson.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Seventh