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Military service
Service number:
B/129564
Age:
34
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Engineers
Division:
29 Field Coy.
Death:
July 13, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. D. 14.
Additional information
Son of William and Lillias Jane MacDonald, of Burlington, Ontario
Digital gallery of Corporal Alexander Rennie MacDonald
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Photo of Alexander Rennie MacDonald
Rennie MacDonald in May 1944 in southern England in his final training stages. Picture taken by his sister, Lilias MacDonald, army nurse. -
Telegram
The dreaded telegraph from the Minister of National Defence advising of Cpl. Rennie MacDonald's death shortly aftert D day. -
Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Stone of Remembrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Rennie MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Rennie MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Rennie MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Rennie MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Rennie MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Rennie MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Rennie MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Rennie MacDonald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 370 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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