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Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Division:
6th Armd. Regt.
Birth:
June 17, 1919
East Bay, Manitoba
Enlistment:
September 1, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
February 27, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. E. 8.
Additional information
Son of Richard and May McDonald of Minnedosa, Manitoba.
Brother of Pilot Officer Devereaux Richard Cecil McDonald, who went missing in action on August 3, 1943, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Captain John Walter Brown McDonald
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Grave marker
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Photo of John "Jack" W.B. McDonald
John "Jack" W.B. McDonald, Strathcona Horse -
Photo of Jack McDonald and Martha McDonald
Jack McDonald and Martha McDonald. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Officers Information Card
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Circumstances of death
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
This newspaper clipping was found among my father's effects. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Captain John Walter Brown McDonald
Digital gallery of
Captain John Walter Brown McDonald
Digital gallery of
Captain John Walter Brown McDonald
Digital gallery of
Captain John Walter Brown McDonald
Digital gallery of
Captain John Walter Brown McDonald
Digital gallery of
Captain John Walter Brown McDonald
Digital gallery of
Captain John Walter Brown McDonald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 542 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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