Thanks All,
A significant amount of new information but some of which does not fully add-up:
His name. On some documents its Ronald James McDonnell, then Robert James and finally the references to McDonald. Fortunately, some of these documents reference his service number which remained the same. The MBE document definitely says Robert James McDonnell.
Theres no record of Ronald (Robert) having a sister called Margaret despite the announcement at his death.
His mother Maggie Kenyon marries Thomas J McDonald. Again, another transcription error?
