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Military service
Service number:
29314
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
August 4, 1885
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
April 23, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Mrs. J. Buchan, of The Smithyton, Guthrie, Forfar, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private William Donald
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Biography
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 51 of 1076.
Digital gallery of
Private William Donald
Digital gallery of
Private William Donald
Digital gallery of
Private William Donald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 12 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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