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Military service
Service number:
136255
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Birth:
August 26, 1883
Death:
July 21, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. B. 26.
Additional information
Son of John and Euphemia Donaldson, of West Shandon Row, Helensburgh, Scotland; husband of Mary Donaldson, of Centre St., Brampton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private James Knox Donaldson
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
Grave marker ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 83 of 1076.
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Private James Knox Donaldson
Digital gallery of
Private James Knox Donaldson
Digital gallery of
Private James Knox Donaldson
Digital gallery of
Private James Knox Donaldson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 78 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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