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Military service
Service number:
166316
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Pioneers
Division:
1st Pioneer Battalion.
Death:
June 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 32
Digital gallery of Private John Donnell
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Inscription on Menin Gate
Inscription on the Menin Gate, 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 145 of 1076. He was reported to have been buried West of Rodkin House, South of Observation Road. Subsequently, his grave could not be found and his sacrifice is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Digital gallery of
Private John Donnell
Digital gallery of
Private John Donnell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 78 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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