Major
Douglas
Alexander Thomas
Dron
Born in New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of William Dron
and Elizabeth (Drummond) Dron
Brother of
Barbara Edith (Dron) Ford [half], Elizabeth Dron [half], Agnes (Dron) Ford [half], John William Dron [half], Jessie Anne (Dron) Newport [half], Jane May Dron [half], Edmund Thomas Dron, Wallace Dron, Louisa Jane Dron and Lawrence Campbell Dron
[children unknown]
Died
at age 28
in Nord, France
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Dec 2014
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Douglas Dron is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Biography
Douglas was born in 1890, the son of William Dron and Elizabeth Drummond.[1]
He was killed in action in Le Cateau, France[2] on October 8 1918, during the First World War.
His death was registered in 1918.[3] He is buried in the Honnechy British Cemetery, Nord, France.[4]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Birth 1890/10979 Dron Douglas Alexander / Elizabeth&William
- ↑ http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C4177?n=douglas%20dron&ordinal=0&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch
- ↑ https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Death 1918/62443 Dron Douglas Alexander 28Y
- ↑ https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/douglas-alexander-dron
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