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Military service
Service number:
633247
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
38th Bn.
Birth:
October 21, 1896
Death:
February 19, 1919
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
LXXII. C. 12.
Additional information
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.
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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. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
Obit for Garrett MacDonald son of Ranald J. MacDonald of 2.29 Kenyon as published in the 02-28-1919 edition of the Glengarry News.
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Private Garret McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private Garret McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private Garret McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private Garret McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private Garret McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private Garret McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private Garret McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private Garret McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private Garret McDonald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 538 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
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