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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Donaldson John
|Army number=4456039
|Rank=Private/Gunner
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
|Age=(At time of death). Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 25/5/1939 and posted to 9th Battalion DLI for Basic Training. Posted to 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940 on the restructuring of the Battalion and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Transferred to the Royal Artillery April 1940 and posted to the 57th Anti-Tank Regiment. Posted overseas 29/5/1942. Posted X List (Middle East) 7/9/1942. Posted X List (2) Middle East 26/12/1942. Posted X List (IV) Middle East 7/1/1943. Posted to 57th Anti-Tank Regiment 9/4/1943. Posted X List (1) Central Mediterranean Forces 16/6/1945. Posted to 57th Anti-Tank Regiment 5/7/1945. Posted X List (2) Central Mediterranean Forces 25/7/1945. Posted to 57th Anti-Tank Regiment 31/7/1945. Posted 149th Anti-Tank Regiment 10/8/1945. Posted X List Central Mediterranean Forces. Returned to the UK. Posted Y Release 7/10/1945. Relegated to the Z (T) Reserve 13/1/1946. Demobilised.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Details awaited.
|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
|Promotions=Lance Corporal.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
|Home address=No family information yet.
}}

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