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Full Name
Ronald Alexander MacDonald
Rank Last Held
Major
Forename(s)
Ronald Alexander
Surname
MacDonald
War
World War II, 1939-1945
Serial No.
42340
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
7 January 1912
Place of Birth
Rotorua, New Zealand
First Known Rank
Lieutenant
Occupation before Enlistment
Medical practitioner
Next of Kin
Dr M.E.W. MacDonald (wife), c/o District Health Office, Hamilton, New Zealand
Marital Status
Married
Enlistment Address
196 Gillies Avenue, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand
Military District
Auckland
Body on Embarkation
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)
Embarkation Unit
28 (Maori) Battalion
Nominal Roll Number
WW2 4
Page on Nominal Roll
WW2 217
Other Units
  • RMO Long Range Desert Group
  • 28 Maori Battalion
  • 1 General Hospital
Wounds and Diseases
Wounded 4 July 1942
Last Unit Served
28 (Maori) Battalion
Description of Image
Group of 28 Maori Battalion Officers at dinner, Hotel St George, Beirut, 1930 hours, 5 June 1942. From left to right: Colonel Edward Te Whiti Love, Rev. Captain Takimoana Kahi Harawira, Lieutenant Paikea Henare Toka, Captain Robert Cecil Shaw-Thompson, Captain Kereti Pau Mariu, Lieutenant Henry Colton Arundel Lambert, Mr Charles Basil Bennet, Lieutenant William Vercoe, WO1 Allan Campbell Wood, DCM, Lieutenant George Tuoro Marsden, John Richard Ormsby, Second Lieutenant Ian Graeme Howden, Major Sydney Freyberg Jackson, Captain Waipaina Matehe Awarau, Major James Clendon Tau Henare, CBE, Lieutenant Hupa Hamiora, Captain James Tuhiwai, mid, Lieutenant Kuru Waaka, Lieutenant Edward Morgan, Lieutenant Colonel Arapeta Awatere, Captain James Matahere, Second Lieutenant John College Reedy, Duncan McCrae, Lieutenant Dr Ronald Alexander MacDonald, Colonel W.W.Johnston, Ben Porter, CSM Rangi France Logan, Second Lieutenant Ehai John Ropata, Jumbo Joseph, Second Lieutenant Kingi Areta Keiha, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Baker DSO.
Further References
Sources Used
  • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941)
  • Stout, T.D.M. [1956] New Zealand Medical Services in the Middle East and Italy. Wellington, Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy at URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Medi.html