Gunner Donald Morgan McCannel

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: McCannel, Donald Morgan

Date of birth: 1895-12-14

Place of birth: Qu’Appelle Saskatchewan Canada

Next of kin: Donald S. McCannel [father], 650 Linden Ave., Victoria, B.C.

Marital status: single

Occupation (attested): Student

Occupation (normalized): Other Professional, Technical and Related Workers Not Elsewhere Classified

Date of death: 1918-09-27

Cause of death: Killed in action

Buried: Bucquoy Road Cemetery, III. A. 6.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 1250534

Highest Rank: Gunner

Rank detail

Gunner (Army).

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.

CWGC ID: 179005

LAC ID: 140316

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2, image 3

Service file: B6615-S038

Uploader's Notes:

Son of Donald Sinclair and Margery [O'Neill] McCannel of 650 Linden Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia. Brother of Kenneth Campbell McCannel and Margery Sinclair McCannel. Former student of Victoria High School, Victoria. Served 2 years: 5th FCCE, Kingston, Ontario; 7 months, 77th Depot Battery, CFA. He was a student of mechanical engineering at time of enlistment.

Victoria Daily Colonist: Oct 8, 1918, 5 - Donald M McCannel, DOW, s/o D S McCannel, n/o Qu Appelle, aged 22...came to Victoria 1912...

Nov 22, 1918, 4 - Signaller Neil Ross McCannel, KIA Nov 6, s/o Mr & Mrs Donald S McCannel, Victoria. Educated here, enlisted 1917, gassed Aug 19, in convalescent camp until latter part of Oct. Had just turned 20. Another son Donald, KIA this year, and a sister has been nursing at the front for 18 months.

Uploader's Research notes:

Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial

[Gunner Army Canadian Field Artillery 9th Brigade 33rd Battery ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2014-07-19