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Neil Richardson MacDonald

In memory of:

Sergeant Neil Richardson MacDonald

April 30, 1941
Off the Coast of Ireland

Military Service


Service Number:

P/38773

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Corps of Military Staff Clerks

Citation(s):

War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Defence Medal

Additional Information


Born:

December 15, 1915
Montréal, Quebec

Enlistment:

October 17, 1939
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of Colin Hugh and Catherine Helen (nee Richardson) MacDonald (1948 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother), of Ottawa, Ontario; husband of Cleona Ida (nee Fallis) MacDonald and father of Michael Neil of Ottawa, Ontario.

Brother of Sergeant Ian Alistair MacDonald, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Commemorated on Page 36 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia, Canada

Grave Reference:

Panel 14.

Location:

The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives. This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs. The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea. The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows:

1914-1939
1918-1945
IN THE HONOUR OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE NAVY
ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY
OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES
ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY
SHALL ENDURE.

On June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Leader Post Regina, Saskatchewan. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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