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Garret McDonald

In memory of:

Private Garret McDonald

February 19, 1919

Military Service


Service Number:

633247

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Division:

38th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

October 21, 1896

Son of Ranald and Margaret McDonald, of Apple Hill, Glengarry, Ontario.

Brother of Private Douglas Claire McDonald who was killed in action on June 7, 1944 while serving with the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders.

Commemorated on Page 538 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

LXXII. C. 12.

Location:

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Photo of Garret McDonald– Garret has a place of love and Honour in our family tree.
  • Grave marker– Weathered inscription to the memory of GARRET MCDONALD and DOUGLAS CLAIRE MCDONALD on the family grave marker in the cemetery of St Anthony's Roman Catholic Church, Apple Hill Ontario
  • Attestation paper– Attestation Paper  
Source Library and Archives Canada.
  • Attestation paper– Attestation Paper  
Source Library and Archives Canada.
  • Memorial– Monument in Apple Hill, Ontario erected by Glengarry Branch 312 of the Canadian Legion.  Garret (Garry) McDonald and his brother Douglas Claire McDonald, who was killed in the Second World War, are both commemorated on this memorial.
  • Press Clipping– Garret McDonald's brother, Douglas Claire McDonald was killed on June 7, 1944 and he is buried in BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France.   His death was announced in casualty list No 511 of the Canadian Army Overseas, released on July 17, 1944.

Source:  Globe and Mail July 18, 1944
  • Photo of Garret McDonald– Source:  Canada's Heroes in the Great World War / Cornwall, Alexandria, Vankleek Hill, Hawkesbury and Intermediate Points.  Edited by Noah J. Gareau. Memorial Edition / Volume I.  War Publications Limited, Ottawa, Ontario, 1921.

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