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Military service
Service number:
C-900698
Age:
26
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 11, 1918
Summerstown, Ontario
Death:
July 10, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. H. 9.
Additional information
Son of Duncan Alexander and Florence May MacDonald of Lancaster, Ontario. Husband of Margaret Elnora and father of Elnora Florence Rita MacDonald of Gananoque, Ontario. Brother of Lieutenant Lloyd James MacDonald, North Nova Scotia Highlanders, Milton Joseph and Lieutenant Nursing Sister Florence Rita MacDonald. Major MacDonald served in Canada, Britain and Northwest Europe. Prior to joining the service, Major MacDonald taught first grade.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Serivce Medal with clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
Digital gallery of Major Archibald Duncan MacDonald
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Gananoque Remembers
Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P> Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P> Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P> -
Memorial Page
Archibald MacDonald is honoured on page 135 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005. -
Family Photo
Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar McCalpin and their grandchildren whose fathers were killed in 1944, about 3-1/2 weeks apart. On the left is Robin (Florence Rita Elnora), daughter of Major Archie MacDonald and his wife Elnora McCalpin. On the right is Steven, son of Sgt. Blake Keyes and Mary Minerva McCalpin. -
Photo of Archie MacDonald
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Photo of Archibald Duncan MacDonald
Archie and his wife Elnora. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Attestation paper
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Document
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Identification
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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) -
Grave Marker
A photograph 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) -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave marker
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Photo of Archibald Duncan MacDonald
Major Archie D. MacDonald -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major Archibald Duncan MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Major Archibald Duncan MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Major Archibald Duncan MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Major Archibald Duncan MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Major Archibald Duncan MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Major Archibald Duncan MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Major Archibald Duncan MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Major Archibald Duncan MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Major Archibald Duncan MacDonald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 371 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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