Regimental number | 15350 |
Occupation | Painter |
Next of kin | Father, Robert Donn Snr, Tramway Road, Claudelands, Hamilton |
Rank on embarkation | Rifleman |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 9th Reinforcements to 1st Battalion, E Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Ulimaroa on |
Final rank | Corporal |
Final unit | 3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row E, Grave No 7), France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Robert and Fanny E. Donn |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 70095 Rifleman Caleb Alexander DONN, 2nd Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, killed in action, 27 October 1918; 73327 Rifleman Robert DONN, 2nd Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, died of wounds, 17 October 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 32 |
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