Private Mark McDonald
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1888-09-20
Place of birth: Port Morien Cape Breton Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Mrs Minnie McDonald (wife), New Aberdeen, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Miner
Religion: Baptist
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Canadian Cemetery No. 2, 1. A. 4.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 222259
Highest Rank:
Private
(85th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 85th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-10-05 to 1917-04-09
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He went “over the top” with his Company during an attack on Vimy Ridge, and was instantly killed by a machine gun bullet in “No Man’s Land.”
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
147869
Service file: B6752-S024
Uploader's Notes:
Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 85th Battalion.
Son of Alex R. McDonald and Mary McDonald; husband of Minnie McDonald, of Elliot Station, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 85th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2010-09-26
Last modified: 2014-08-12