Private Rodrick Macdougall
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Macdougall,
Rodrick
Date of birth: 1891-01-01
Place of birth: Antigonish Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Hugh Macdougall, Cross Roads, Ohio, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Millman
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1916-10-23
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Courcelette British Cemetery, X. A. 17.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 443852
Highest Rank:
Private
(54th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 54th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Part 4 Battle of The Somme(Mid September to Mid November 1916). Died in trenches at Courcelette
Commemoration location: Hedley War Memorial, Hedley, British Columbia
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RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 196162
LAC ID:
146140
Service file: B6790-S022
Uploader's Notes: Son of Hugh and Arabella J. MacDougall, of Cross Roads, Ohio, Antigonish Co., Nova Scotia. Had previously served for three years with 18th Field Battery, Nova Scotia. Older brother of Colin F. MacDougall who served for the US during WWII. Colin was a signal man in the Army and was in the 3rd wave of the DDay invasion at Omaha. He was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge and lived with his disabilities until age 88, dying in 1993. Interesting that he fought so close to where his brother was killed and buried but likely never knew. Colin talked about WWII often but never mentioned how close he had been to his brother's grave, likely not aware it was close enough to have visited.
Uploader's Research notes:
54th Battalion Nominal Roll
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 54th Battalion ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2011-08-19