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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Ronald MacDonald |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Gunner |
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| Forename(s): |
Ronald |
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| Surname: |
MacDonald |
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| War: |
Korean War, 1950-1953 |
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| Serial No.: |
206353 |
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| Date of Birth: |
3 January 1929 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| First Known Rank: |
Gunner |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Mechanic |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs I. MacDonald (mother), Kaikohe, North Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Kayforce |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
163 Battery |
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| Embarkation Date: |
10 December 1950 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Vessel: |
Ormonde |
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| Destination: |
Pusan, Korea (1 January 1951) |
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| Military Awards: |
New Zealand Operational Service Medal (NZOSM) |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Artillery, 16 Field Regiment |
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| Place of Death: |
Samnangjin-ni, thirty-three kilometres south of Miryang on the main Miryang-Pusan Road, Korea |
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| Date of Death: |
13 January 1951 |
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| Age at Death: |
21 |
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| Year of Death: |
1951 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Cemetery Name: |
United Nations Cemetery, Pusan, Korea |
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| Obituary: |
"Born in Wellington, Gunner Ronald MacDonald was educated at the Marist Brothers' School, Palmerston North. He was a mechanic by trade and prominent in Palmerston North as a cricketer, footballer and boxer. He was aged 22." (NZ Herald, 17 January 1951, p. 6) |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Gunner MacDonald was killed in an ambush at Samnangjin-ni. Gunner MacDonald's brother, Mr Bernard MacDonald of Putaruru, received the New Zealand Operational Service Medal on his behalf from the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence at a presentation at the Auckland War Memorial Museum on Thursday 27 November 2003. |
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| Further References: |
- Ian McGibbon, New Zealand and the Korean War, Volume II: Combat Operations, Oxford University Press, Auckland, 1996, pp. 67-8, 77, 371, 407, 424 n13.
- New Zealand in the Korean War. NZHistory online. URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/korean-war
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