Private Evan Macdonald
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1894-04-15
Place of birth: Linlithgowshire Scotland
Next of kin: father,James Farquharson Macdonald,Kilmuir, Linlithgowshire.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Rancher
Address:
Johnson’s Livery Barn, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-05-10
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, VI. A. 8.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 696146
Highest Rank:
Private
(50th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 50th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed in fighting around Lievin about 3 miles west of Lens in northern France.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 80719
LAC ID:
145937
Service file: B6719-S037
Uploader's Notes:
Son of James Farquharson Macdonald and Margaret Colquhoun Macdonald (nee Morrison) of Kilmuir, Linlithgow. His brother Hamish also fell.
He had previously served for 2 years in The Lothian Border Horse.
He had previously been an Assistant Scoutmaster in the Linlithgow Scout Troop in Scotland.
Uploader's Research notes: Info from attestation papers, war diary, and HQ Gazette of Scouting. This man is also on the CWGC site. [Private Army Canadian Infantry 50th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-20