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Military service
Service number:
57556
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
January 5, 1915
Apple Hill, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 9, 1941
Cornwall, Ontario
Death:
June 7, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. A. 3.
Additional information
Son of Ranald and Margaret McDonald, of Apple Hill, Glengarry Co., Ontario.
Brother of Garret McDonald who died on February 19, 1919 while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Douglas Claire McDonald
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Photo of Douglas Claire McDonald
Your family descendants hold you in a place of Honour and love.<P> His home was near Apple Hill, Ontario. Douglas is remembered by his relatives. He holds a place of Honour and love in our hearts. -
Grave Marker
A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Claire McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Claire McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Claire McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Claire McDonald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 384 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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