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Warrant Officer Michael Patrick McDonnell

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Military service

Service number: H13255034
Age: 41
Rank: Warrant Officer
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth: July 28, 1926 Rathburn, Ontario
Enlistment: October 1, 1946 Ontario
Death: May 8, 1968 CFB Petawawa, Ontario

Burial/memorial information

ST PETER'S CEMETERY
Grave reference: Grave 6, Lot 48, Section C, Military Plot
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Son of Joseph and Mary (nee Dudenhoffer) McDonnell of Rathburn, Ontario. Brother of John, Kenneth, Lawrence, Marie, Marcella, Eugene and Shirley. Husband of Helene Eve (nee Bilinski) McDonnell and father of Francine and Barbara of London, Ontario. A Commemorative Ceremony was held at Wegner Point on 11 May 2008 to honour the seven fallen paratroopers who drowned in 1968 during a para drop exercise at CFB Petawawa. Close to 100 guests, most in uniform, attended the Ceremony gathered around the Memorial Cairn. Several family members of the deceased were present for the Ceremony.

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Service in Canada (1867 – present)

ST PETER'S CEMETERY Ontario, Canada

London, Ontario

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