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Donald Ewan Cameron

In memory of:

Lieutenant Donald Ewan Cameron

March 15, 1915
The Mound, St. Eloi, France

Military Service


Age:

44

Force:

Army

Unit:

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)

Citation(s):

1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal

Additional Information


Born:

December 18, 1870
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Archibald and Agnes Margaret Cameron (nee Barwick), of Montreal, Quebec. Brother of Duncan and Kenneth.

Commemorated on Page 8 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

III. A. 5.

Location:

Voormezeele Enclosure No. 3 is located 4 kilometres south-west of Ieper town centre on the Ruusschaartstraat, a road leading from the Kemmelseweg (Connecting Ieper to Kemmel N331). From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and straight on towards Armentieres (N365). 900 metres after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg (made prominent by a railway level crossing). Turn right onto the Kemmelseweg and follow this road to the first crossroads, turn left here into Ruusschaartstraat. The Cemetery is located 1 kilometre after this junction on the left hand side of the road just before Voormezeele Dorp.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram March 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Donald Ewan Cameron– Signed studio photograph of Donald Ewan Cameron, PPCLI, killed in action March 15, 1915.
  • Photo of DONALD EWAN CAMERON– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of DONALD EWAN CAMERON– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc
  • Group photograph– Group photograph of officers of the PPCLI, taken prior to departure from Canada in 1914.  Lieutenant Donald Ewan Cameron is in the top (standing) row.  Appeared in the Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Saturday July 10, 1915.
  • Honour Roll– From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918".  McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.
  • Biography– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Gravemarker
  • Plaque– Donald Ewan Cameron plaque

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