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Son of James Donaldson; husband of Wilhelmina Donaldson, of Hamilton, Ontario. Served in the South African Campaign.
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Private Robert Esplin Donaldson
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Private Robert Esplin Donaldson
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 91 of 1076. He was buried in Acheville Road Cemetery, East of Vimy, 3 ¼ miles South of Lens. After the Armistice his body was exhumed and interred in LIEVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
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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 91 of 1076. He was buried in Acheville Road Cemetery, East of Vimy, 3 ¼ miles South of Lens. After the Armistice his body was exhumed and interred in LIEVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
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Page 229 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LIEVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Lievin is a small town in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 3.5 kilometres west of Lens. The Communal Cemetery is on the south-west side of the town on the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle.
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