Douglas Oliver “Shorty” McDonald
Gunner · NZ #63248 · T2 Patrol
| Rank | Gunner |
|---|---|
| Service number | NZ #63248 |
| Patrol | T2 Patrol |
| Regiment | NZ Artillery |
| Known as | “Shorty” |
| Died | 2004-11-01 |
| POW / KIA | PoW — Levitha, 24 Oct 1943 |
| Record | https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C128158 |
What this roll records
Capture-date note: Imperial POW roll records capture as 25 Oct 1943 — one day after the 24 Oct 1943 action at Levitha (the Imperial list commonly dates formal capture to 25 Oct). Master retains 24 Oct 1943. Source: 2NZEF Imperial POW rolls (Zenodo, CC BY 4.0).
Cenotaph record linked. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
New Zealand (A) Squadron, Levitha (24 Oct 1943): prisoner of war. Source: Roll of New Zealand (A) Squadron Casualties on Levitha, Brendan O’Carroll, "The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean".
Prisoner-of-war camp: Stalag 357 (code 357), POW No. 35808. Source: Germany & German-Occupied Territories Imperial POW Alphabetical List, Section 4 (N.Z.), 2NZEF. Transcription via Zenodo (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.3632116, CC BY 4.0).
Aged 85 at death. Captured 25 October 1943; POW at Stalag 357 (No. 2), Thorn (Toruń); POW serial 35808. Slaughterman in civilian life. Embarked/served with Royal New Zealand Artillery. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
New Zealanders in the Levita action, 24 October 1943: taken prisoner of war. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Kiwi Scorpions’ (Appendix IX, New Zealanders in the Levita action).
Slaughterman in civilian life. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
See him in the full roll →Where this comes from
- Missing info added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.
- AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
- Additional sources (AWMM Online Cenotaph). Nominal Roll 2NZEF No. 9 (Embarkations 1 Jul–31 Dec 1942), p.245. Unit history: Mason, W.W. (1954). Prisoners of war. External links: Germany imperial POW list, section 4 (Zenodo): https://zenodo.org/records/3955186 Also cited: List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War 1941-1945, AWMM Library MS 2009/8; Death notice, New Zealand Herald, November 2004.
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