Private Donald Elmer MacTavish
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
MacTavish,
Donald Elmer
Date of birth: 1897-03-10
Place of birth: Renfrew Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Nettie McQuitty (mother), Box 111, Asquith, Saskatchewan
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Asquith, Saskatchewan
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1918-10-08
Cause of death:
Died of illness
Buried:
Bramshott (St. Mary) Churchyard, III. C. 4.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 3352704
Highest Rank:
Private
Rank detail
Private (Army).
Degree of service: Great Britain
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 360101
LAC ID:
135642
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B7214-S013
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Nettie McQuitty (formerly MacTavish), of Asquith, Saskatchewan, and the late James MacTavish.
He is remembered on the Asquith and District Honour Roll as McTavish (sic), D. See Page 31 of The Asquith Record mentioned above in the research notes.
He signed his Particulars of Recruit (conscription) form as Donald E MacTavish, with Elmer inserted at a slant.
Uploader's Research notes:
See local history book, The Asquith Record (1982,) page 219 for information on Donald's family. His mother married Wm Dougal McQuitty in March 1915.
Cause of death (influenza) and other details from his memorial page on the Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-08-27