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Military service
Service number:
71178
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
27th Bn.
Birth:
November 4, 1888
Kingkettle, Scotland
Enlistment:
October 25, 1914
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
November 26, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. C. 60.
Additional information
Son of David Esplin McDonald and Catherine Muir McDonald, of Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private William McDonald
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private William McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private William McDonald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 25 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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