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Military service
Age:
22
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
February 9, 1895
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 1, 1916
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
August 16, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. K. 12.
Additional information
Son of Francis Edward Macdonald, of Toronto, Ontario. Reverted to ranks twice in effort to reach France. Gazetted Lieut. (18th Bn.) in the Field.
Additional citations
British War Medal and Victory Medal
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Circumstances of Death Registers
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War Diary
18th Battalion War Diary entry relating to action where Lt. MacDonald was killed. -
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From The War Book of Upper Canada College, edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War. -
Memorial Tablet
Lieutenant Donald Ryerson Macdonald Name is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
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Appleby College Honour Roll
Donald Macdonald was a student at Appleby College and is commemorated in the school Honour Roll. He was killed near Lens while "on a reconnaissance mission in no man's land. A bomb exploded in front of him. Before his men reached him, Macdonald was dead" (from The Appleby Story). -
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Lieutenant Donald Ryerson MacDonald
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Lieutenant Donald Ryerson MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Donald Ryerson MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Donald Ryerson MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Donald Ryerson MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Donald Ryerson MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Donald Ryerson MacDonald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 280 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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