MCMAHON, Bruce Metcalf

Personal Details

Attribute	Details
Nationality	Canadian
Date of Birth	20 July 1884
Place of Birth	Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
Veterinary College and Date of Graduation	Chicago Veterinary College - 1915

Military Service

Attribute	Details
Last Rank	Captain
Regiment/Service	Army Veterinary Corps
Secondary Regiment
Secondary Unit
First Theatre of War	France March 1916

Casualty Details

Attribute	Details
Date of Death	19 May 1919
Age at Death	42
Place of Death	Cologne, Germany
Cause of Death	Broncho-Pneumonia

Cemetery

Attribute	Details
Cemetery	Colone Southern Cemetery
Location	Cologne, Germany
Grave Reference	I.F.21
Commonwealth War Grave	Yes - CWGC Headstone
Emblem or Badge on Headstone	Royal Army Veterinary Corps

Honours and Memorials

Attribute	Details
Name on RCVS Honour Board	No
Name In Officers who died in Great War	No
Medals and Awards

Biography

Captain Bruce Metcalf Mc Mahon was born in Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada, on 20 July 1884. He graduated from the Chicago Veterinary College in 1915.

Bruce McMahon’s enlistment papers indicate that he had been working for the British Remount Commission at the time of his enlistment. Metcalf was commissioned as a Temporary Lieutenant on 22 February 1916, and on 22 February, he was promoted to Captain.

For most of his war service, Captain McMahon served in France, but after the Armistice, he was transferred to Germany.

Captain McMahon died on 3rd May 1919 from Broncho Pneumonia. He is buried in Colone Southern Cemetery in Germany.