THE PRO PATRIA PROJECT

POLSON Donald

933, Captain, 5th Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles, South Africa

35981, Lance Corporal, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, WW1

CITATION

Distinguished Service Order

In recognition of services during operations in South Africa (Especially for services in Northwest Transvaal)

KNOWN AWARDS

Distinguished Service Order

Queen’s South Africa Medal

       Transvaal, Rhodesia, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902

British War Medal

Victory Medal

NOTES

Born 10 October 1871, Christchurch, New Zealand

Died 17 September 1940, Blenheim, New Zealand

Buried Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim [RSA curve B, Plot 9 (Warrant 48045)]