L/Cpl
Robert F.S. McDonnell
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 06/07/1894 |
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Place of birth: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Lance Corporal |
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Service number: 830475 |
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Units: — Canadian Infantry, 43rd Bn. (Cameron Highlanders) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 26/10/1917 |
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Age: 23 |
Cemetery
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Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Plot: III Row: C Grave: 15 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 1
| #1 | Place of birth |
Sources 2
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 6777 - 32). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used |
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War diaries: 43rd Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4938, Microfilm reel number: T-10744, File number: 434). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/480347 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=1fa9ea61-f238-4159-9c51-05bbb7a6e074 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5626562 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/480347 |