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Military service
Service number:
5998
Age:
23
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
4th Bde.
Birth:
July 29, 1893
Inverness, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 10, 1914
Valcartier
Death:
April 27, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. E. 15.
Additional information
Son of D. G. and Williamina McDonald, of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Gunner William McDonald
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Bois Carre British Cemetery
Bois Carre British Cemetery - The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Gunner William McDonald
Digital gallery of
Gunner William McDonald
Digital gallery of
Gunner William McDonald
Digital gallery of
Gunner William McDonald
BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.
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