2765647 Pte Roderick John MacDONALD, 2nd Bn Parachute Regiment, AAC: 28/03/1943

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    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.
     
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  2. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    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


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  3. amberdog45

    amberdog45 Senior Member

    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.
     
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