Remembering Today Casualty Private MACDONALD, RODERICK JOHN Service Number 2765647 Died 28/03/1943 Aged 19 2nd Bn. The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. Son of Roderick John and Euphemia H. Macdonald, of Peebles. INSCRIPTION: HE LIVES FOR EVER IN OUR HEARTS Buried at TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY Location: Tunisia Number of casualties: 441 Cemetery/memorial reference: 3. B. 14.
UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 Name: Roderick MacDonald Given Initials: R J Rank: Private Death Date: 28 Mar 1943 Number: 2765647 Birth Place: Peeblesshire Residence: Peeblesshire Branch at Enlistment: Army Air Corps Theatre of War: North Africa Regiment at Death: Parachute Regiment (not otherwise specified) Branch at Death: Army Air Corps Roderick J MacDonald | ParaData TD
Born in Peebles 1924. Parents married in the district of St. Andrews (Edinburgh) 1919. He's listed as a 20 year old in the Death Minor Records section at Scotlandspeople website. His mother Euphemia Howes Forbes died age 33 in 1931, also in Peebles.