 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - John Macdonald akagadzwa mu89th Regiment of Foot musi wa 15 April 1795. Akava lieutenant regiment 2 February 1796, uye kaputeni 22 October 1803. Akaitwa mukuru-asingabatanidzwi 28 February 1805, lieutenant-colonel pahafu-mubhadharo we1st garrison battalion 17 March 1808, brevet colonel 4 June 1814, major-general 1825, uye lieutenant-general 1838. Akashanda ne89th muIrish Rebellion ya1798, uye pashure pacho muMinorca, Heasina, uye pakukombwa kweMalta nekubatwa kweValletta muna 1799-1800, uye munguva yose yekurwisa muEgyptmuna 1801. 