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Military service
Service number:
475061
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
February 3, 1897
Death:
September 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William and Jeannette Donald, of West Selkirk, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private George Donald
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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 37 of 1076. His body was not recovered for burial, hence his sacrifice is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.
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Private George Donald
Digital gallery of
Private George Donald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 78 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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