Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
Archibald Ewen MACDONALD
Private
Died 18 October 1918 · Aged 30
His story
Archibald Ewen MacDonald was a rancher born at Inverness on 7 December 1887. When he enlisted in Canada he was unmarried and named his mother, Marjorie Macdonald, at Ardlinnie, Albert Street, Nairn, as next of kin.
He attested at Calgary in 1915, initially entering the Canadian Army Service Corps, and later served with the 4th Canadian Mobile Veterinary Section. He died on 18 October 1918 and is commemorated by a war grave in the north-west corner of Dalchriechard Old Churchyard, Invernesshire.
Before the war
- Nationality
- Canadian service
- Date of birth
- 7 December 1887
- Place of birth
- Inverness, Scotland
- Occupation
- Rancher
- Family
- Mother: Marjorie Macdonald, Ardlinnie, Albert Street, Nairn
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- 49450
- Corps or service
- Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- 4th Canadian Mobile Veterinary Section
- Enlistment or entry recorded
- Unknown (handwritten form appears 5 April 1915; catalogue gives 5 September 1915)
- Earlier service
- No previous military service declared
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 18 October 1918
- Age
- 30
- Cemetery or memorial
- Dalchriechard Old Churchyard, Invernesshire
- Grave reference
- North-west corner
Sources and further reading
- Original attestation
- LAC catalogue
- VAC memorial
- CGWP
- connected records
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Archibald Ewen Macdonald”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/archibald_ewen_macdonald/.
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