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Military service
Service number:
2507335
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn
Birth:
December 27, 1879
Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment:
July 1, 1917
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 30, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Donald and Elizabeth Montgomery McDonald, of Glasgow, Scotland.
Additional citations
British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private William McDonald
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private William McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private William McDonald
Digital gallery of
Private William McDonald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 456 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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