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Military service
Service number:
812225
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Death:
April 12, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sp. Mem. No. 10.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Donald, of Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire; husband of Jeanie Burns Donald, of Marshall Villa, Harlow, Essex.
Digital gallery of Private William Stirling Donald
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located by the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Circumstances of death registers
CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2; Pas de Calais, France Grave Reference: Sp. Mem. No. 10. 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 61 of 1076. -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private William Stirling Donald
Digital gallery of
Private William Stirling Donald
Digital gallery of
Private William Stirling Donald
Digital gallery of
Private William Stirling Donald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 229 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 Pas de Calais, France
The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.
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