Background
He was born in Invercargill in 1898.
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Thomas Thomas Lachlan
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He served in both World Wars. He was a High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Macdonald was educated at South School and Southland Boys" High School.
He was in the NZEF in Palestine in World War I, and in World World War II he served in Egypt, rising to the rank of captain until he was invalided home in 1943.
He was Minister of Defence (1949–1957), Minister of External Affairs (1954–1957), and Minister of Island Territories (1955–1957) in the First National Government. From 1961 to 1967 he was the New Zealand High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Saint George in 1963. He died in 1980.
Membership
One of his great-grandfathers, Thomas Forsaith, was a member of the 1st New Zealand Parliament. He was the Member of Parliament for Mataura 1938 to 1946, then Wallace 1946 to 1957, when he retired.
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Political Party
National Party