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Military service
Service number:
437638
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
14th Bn.
Birth:
July 15, 1890
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX. F. 4.
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Document
1911 Census of Brandon, Manitoba. William is just above the 4th heavy line from the bottom of the page and is a clerk in a bank. Believe he was still living in Brandon at the time of his enlistment in 1915 as he says he was a clerk in a bank. He did enlist in Edmonton, Alberta however. -
Documents d'attestation
This document shows William's Place of Birth- Greenwood, (Pictou County), Nova Scotia Also his Mother's name: Mrs Elizabeth (Dunbar) McDonald -
Coupure de presse
From the Edmonton Morning Bulletin October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private William Henry McDonald
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Private William Henry McDonald
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Private William Henry McDonald
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Commemorated on:
Page 125 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.
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