Roy Leslie DONALDSON

Regimental number26818
Date of birth31 May 1889
Place of birthRaglan
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationAccountant
Marital statusWidowed
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 4"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Donaldson, Raglan, Auckland
Previous military serviceNil
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 17th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 64 Devon on 25 September 1916
Discharge date5 August 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 25 September 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 21 November 1916, and marched in to Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 14 December 1916; joined 1st Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, in the field, 12 January 1917.

Admitted to No 7 General Hospital, St Omer, 14 March 1917 (mumps); discharged to duty, 31 March 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 3 April 1917.

Wounded in action, 4 October 1917 (gun shot wounds, face, left hand: multiple), and admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance; transferred same day to 2/1 East Lancashire Field Ambulance; discharged to duty, 18 October 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 1 January 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 20 January 1918.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 2 May 1918 (inflamed cervical gland); transferred to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, 4 May 1918; to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Rouen; discharged to Convalescent Depot, Rouen, 23 May 1918; to No 11 Convalescent Depot, Buchy, 25 May 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from London on board HT 'Port Melbourne', 25 January 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 5 August 1919.

Total war service: 3 years 66 days (of which 2 years 164 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death23 August 1944 Hamilton
Age at death55
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 5
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805