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Military service
Service number:
193286
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
October 4, 1895
Death:
April 14, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. D. 24.
Additional information
Son of William and Agnes Donald, of 30, Chargeable St., Plaistow, London, England.
Digital gallery of Private William Donald
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Press Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Donald enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Donald enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WILLIAM DONALD
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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 53 of 1076. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Donald
Digital gallery of
Private William Donald
Digital gallery of
Private William Donald
Digital gallery of
Private William Donald
Digital gallery of
Private William Donald
Digital gallery of
Private William Donald
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 229 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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