Private Donald Dow
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1887-06-15
Place of birth: Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland
Next of kin: John Dow. 2 Hill Street, Glasgow, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1916-09-28
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, IV. B. 18.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 438264
Highest Rank:
Private
(8th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 8th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-08-03 to 1916-09-28
- Private (Army). 1915-06-29 to 1915-08-03
- Private, 52nd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-03-25 to 1915-06-29
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded September 28, 1916
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 74738
LAC ID:
362534
Service file: B2632-S028
Uploader's Notes:
AKA Ewen MacKinnon, but served as Donald Dow. Son of Donald MacKinnon and Margaret MacKinnon of Glasgow
It appears that military authorities did not discover his true name until after his death. All information in the service file refers to him as 'Dow', while his records after death refer to him as 'MacKinnon'
Uploader's Research notes: 52nd Battalion 1st Reinforcing Draft Nominal Roll as 'Dow, Donald' [Private Army Canadian Infantry 52nd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 32nd Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 8th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-03-22