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Military service
Service number:
32848
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Death:
April 27, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
45. 5. 5.
Additional information
Son of Roderick A. and Flora MacDonald, of Lourdes, Pictou Co., Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private Roderick Joseph MacDonald
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Grave marker
Grave of 32848 Pvt. Roderick Joseph MacDonald who served with the Canadian Army Medical Corps C.E.F. He was born in Harbor Bouche Nova Scotia on May 17th 1890. Roderick enlisted into the C.E.F. at Valcartier Quebec on Sept. 24th 1914, he listed his occupation as "Bailer" Roderick died at Vancouver BC on April 27th 1917 at the age of 27. -
Cross of Sacrifice
Memorial Cross in the scection where 32848 Pvt. Roderick Joseph MacDonald is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC -
Vancouver Mountain View Cemetery
Cemetery view of the scection where 32848 Pvt. Roderick Joseph MacDonald is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Vancouver Daily News Advertiser c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 281 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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