Caleb Alexander DONN

Regimental number70095
OccupationPainter and paperhanger
Next of kinWife, Mrs C A Donn, c/o Mrs Rose Mason, Claudelands, Hamilton
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 34th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 100 Ulimaroa on 8 February 1918
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 27 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialRomieres Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VIII, Row A, Grave No 16), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Fanny E. Donn; Wife: Freda Kathleen Grymes (formerly Donn), 38 Te Aroha Street, Claudelands
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 73327 Rifleman Robert DONN, 2nd Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, died of wounds, 17 October 1918; 15350 Corporal Sydney DONN, 3rd Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, killed in action, 9 September 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 78, p. 13