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Military service
Service number:
877786
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
73rd Bn.
Birth:
April 25, 1897
Death:
March 1, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Donald and Katherine McDonald.
Digital gallery of Private Neil Alexander McDonald
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of NEIL ALEXANDER MCDONALD
Submitted with the permission of Bonnie Thornhill, from the book "In the Morning Veterans of Victoria County, Cape Breton. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the men who joined the 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of NEIL ALEXANDER MCDONALD
In memory of the men who joined the 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Neil Alexander McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private Neil Alexander McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private Neil Alexander McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private Neil Alexander McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private Neil Alexander McDonald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 281 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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