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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
30
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
February 25, 1913
Covehead, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
December 20, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
August 5, 1943
Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B, E, 194.
Additional information
Son of Peter Jenkins MacDonald of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
Additional citations
Military Cross for gallant and distinguished service in Sicily dated 23 September 1943. 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Captain William Kenneth MacDonald
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Grave marker
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Photo of W. Kenneth MacDonald
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Photo of PJ's Groceries
In the early war years, right next door to where VAC's Charlottetown Head Office sits today (property now occupied by Maritime Electric), was a small family-run grocery store known as "PJ's." The owner was P.J. MacDonald, who had a son named William Kenneth, who was known as Ken. The old store was on the corner of Prince and Kent Street. -
Biography
Biography written by a family member. -
Entrance
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Press Clipping
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Press Clipping
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Group photo
Keith Morrow at top, Ken MacDonald middle, Betty Rogers at bottom. A typical summer day on Prince Edward Island with friends that Ken grew up with in Charlottetown. -
Photo of William Kenneth MacDonald
Dr Kenneth MacDonald at home on Prince Edward Island. Ken grew up in Charlottetown but attended Mt. Allison in NB and then graduated with his medical degree from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario prior to his enlistment. -
Photo of William Kenneth MacDonald
Dr Kenneth MacDonald at home on Prince Edward Island. Ken grew up in Charlottetown but attended Mt. Allison in NB and then graduated with his medical degree from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario prior to his enlistment. -
Group Photo
Ken MacDonald at home on Prince Edward Island with Betty Rogers who grew up with him in Charlottetown. Rogers family albums show Ken and Betty as close friends attending beach gatherings and other outdoors activities with a circle of friends. -
Photo of William Kenneth MacDonald
Dr. William Kenneth MacDonald, 70 Upper Hillsborough St. Charlottetown, PEI. He was known as Ken, his father was P. J. MacDonald who operated PJ’s, a grocery store on Kent St. in Charlottetown. Ken attended Mt. Allison and graduated from Queen's University, Kingston, ON, in medicine. He died August 5, 1943 in Sicily at age 30 while serving in the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. This photo was taken around the time of his graduation in Kingston. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain William Kenneth MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Captain William Kenneth MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Captain William Kenneth MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Captain William Kenneth MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Captain William Kenneth MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Captain William Kenneth MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Captain William Kenneth MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Captain William Kenneth MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Captain William Kenneth MacDonald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 184 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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