Private Herbert William Walker Donaldson
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Donaldson,
Herbert William Walker
Date of birth: 1870-09-17
Place of birth: Nilgheary Hills India
Next of kin: Alice Donaldson (sister), 2 Bellgrave Terrace, Edinburg, Scot
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Logger
Occupation (normalized): Logger (General)
Date of death:
1915-05-08
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 10 - 58
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 51129
Highest Rank:
Private
(Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)
Rank detail
Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 1591817
LAC ID:
360203
Service file: B2585A-S057
Uploader's Notes:
Son of the late Surgeon-Major James Donaldson (Madras Establishment), and the late Agnes Campbell Donaldson. Trained at Kingston Academy, Ontario, and served for 20 years in North-West Mounted Police. NWMP Regimental number #2036. ( Link to NWMP Service Files )
Original overseas unit 23rd Canadian Infantry Battalion. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field March 21, 1915. Missing presumed killed at Bellewaerde Lake/Frezenberg.
Uploader's Research notes: A Photo of Donaldson located in the Imperial War Museum photo collection on Flickr.
[Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
[Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-02-16