Private Roderick McDougald
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1895-06-11
Place of birth: East River St. Mary’s. Pictou County Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Dougald McDougald Central Caribout, N.S. Father
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Civil Servant
Address:
437 McLeod Street Ottawa
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-09-07
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Chichester Cemetery, 121. 77A.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 226607
Highest Rank:
Private
(18th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 18th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 402477
LAC ID:
146142
Service file: B6790-S024
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Dougald and Jessie M. McDougald, of Central Cariboo, Pictou Co., Nova Scotia.
PRIV. RODERICK JAMES McDOUGALD, Western Ontario Regiment, 18th Battalion, came originally from Central Cariboo, Pictou County, N.S. In Ottawa, where he enlisted in October 1915, he was a civil servant. In June 1917 he was wounded in France, but recovered and rejoined his battalion. In late August 1917 he was ‘seriously injured’ at Vimy Ridge, and he died aged 22 in hospital in England on Sept. 7th 1917. Priv. McDougald is buried in Chichester Cemetery, Sussex, England. His uncle John McDougald, Commissioner of Customs for Canada, was a well-known member of St. Andrew’s.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 18th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2015-03-06