John McDONALD

Regimental number26/514
OccupationPlatelayer
Next of kinFriend, Patrick O'Sullivan, Stuart Street, Blenheim
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 5 February 1916
Final rankSergeant
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 28 March 1917
Place of burialBerks Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row N, Grave No 24), near Mesen, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs M McDonald, Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 22

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