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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
102nd Bn.
Death:
May 18, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
P.187, A.F. and A.M. L.13.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Lennie MacDonald, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Alexander Gilmour MacDonald
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Honour Roll
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Grave Marker
Grave of 29006 Lieut. Alexander Gilmore MacDonald who served with the 16th & 102nd Battn. C.E.F. He was born in Ridgetown Ontario on Sept. 16th 1888. He enlisted as an Officer into the 102nd Battn. at Comox BC on May. 1st 1916 listing his occupation as "Surveyor" he also listed prior military service as such. 6th D.C.O.R. (Canadian Militia) 1912-14 16th Battn. C.E.F.(Canadian Scotish) 1914-15 Wounded in France 109 Battn. C.E.F. 1916-1918 Wounded in France He was invalided back to Canada in 1917 where on May 18th 1918 he succumbed to an infection after knee surgery at age 29 and was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Memorial Cross
Memorial cross in the cemetery where 29006 Lieut. Alexander Gilmore MacDonald who served with the 16th & 102nd Battn. C.E.F. was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Attestation Paper
Officer¿s Declaration Paper Source: Library and Archives Canada: Soldiers of the First World War -
Photo of Alexander MacDonald
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of May 19, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y140uvic/mode/1up?view=theater. Note that Lieutenant MacDonald's regimental number is 29006. -
Memorial
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Memorial
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Lieutenant Alexander Gilmour MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alexander Gilmour MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alexander Gilmour MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alexander Gilmour MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alexander Gilmour MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alexander Gilmour MacDonald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 455 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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