Lieutenant Donald Ewan Cameron

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Cameron, Donald Ewan

Date of birth: 1870-12-18

Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada

Next of kin: Mary Cameron Berwick, cousin. 1 The Linton, Montreal, Quebec

Marital status: single

Occupation (attested): Self Employed Businessman

Religion: Church of England

Date of death: 1915-03-15

Cause of death: Killed in action

Buried: Voormezeele Enclosure No.3, III. A. 5.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA

Highest Rank: Lieutenant (Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)

Rank detail

Lieutenant, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army). 1914-08-12 to 1915-03-15

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

Battle wounded/killed: The Mound, St. Eloi

Images

PPCLI War Diaries, March 14th 1915.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

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CWGC ID: 456350

LAC ID: 82891

Service file: B1403-S033

Uploader's Notes:

Son of Archibald Cameron and Agnes Margaret Cameron (nee Barwick); younger brother of Lt.-Colonel Kenneth Cameron, MD

Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in August 1914 (an original)

Killed during the limited counter-attack (west of the mound) St Eloi 15 Mar 1915. The troops were lying out in the open and in extended line in No Man's Land. As the Patricia's stood up to charge, a German machine gun on the mound opened up. Cameron was hit in the throat and killed almost instantly.[source 'With The Patricias In Flanders Then & Now 1914-1919' By Stephen K. Newman, pg. 35]

Served in the Victoria Rifles of Canada and as a Major in the Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars

Uploader's Research notes: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Nominal Roll [Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry No. 3 Company ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2019-05-09