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Military service
Service number:
629429
Age:
38
Rank:
Pioneer
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Pioneers
Division:
1st Pioneer Battalion.
Birth:
July 1, 1876
Death:
October 9, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John MacDonald, of Nova Scotia; husband of Elizabeth MacDonald, of Hope, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Pioneer John Colin MacDonald
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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) -
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Digital gallery of
Pioneer John Colin MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Pioneer John Colin MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Pioneer John Colin MacDonald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 124 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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