Private Roy Angus McDonald
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1896-08-09
Place of birth: Peter’s Road Prince Edward Island Canada
Next of kin: Father: David McDonald, Peter’s Road, Prince Edward Island
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Carpenter
Occupation (normalized): Carpenter, General
Address:
Box 2, Lotus Road, Prince Edward Island
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, VIII. D. 20.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 931385
Highest Rank:
Private
(54th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 54th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1916-04-23 ?
- Private (Army). 1916-01-29 to 1916-04-23
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack south east of Souchez. Previously reported Missing, now Killed in Action.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 80724
LAC ID:
149847
Service file: B6762-S025
Uploader's Notes:
Son of David and Christina McDonald, of Peter's Rd., King's Co., Prince Edward Island.
His Attestation is signed by Lieutenant Colonel Jos. Mackay of the 225th Battalion . It is also stamped with the following:
"225th O/S Battalion C.E.F.""158TH BN"a partially legible "TRANS FROM 225th BATN TO 158th BATN [...] 158th Bn [...] 23.4.1916 where underlining indicates handwritten insertions.Uploader's Research notes:
158th Battalion Nominal Roll
Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-03-23