James McDONALD

Regimental number9/1196
Addressc/o J Alexander, Mosgiel, Otago
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Janet McDonald, Balmacewan Road, Maori Hill, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, 6th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 28 Tofua on 14 August 1915
Final rankTrooper
Final unitOtago Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 11 January 1918
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialBelgian Battery Corner Cemetery (Plot II, Row G, Grave No 14), near Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Coll and Janet McDonald, Otago
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

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