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CWM 20070099-001
George Metcalf Archival Collection
Canadian War Museum
CWM 20070099-001 George Metcalf Archival Collection Canadian War Museum
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George Metcalf Archival Collection
Canadian War Museum
CWM 20070099-041 George Metcalf Archival Collection Canadian War Museum
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George Metcalf Archival Collection
Canadian War Museum
CWM 20070099-042 George Metcalf Archival Collection Canadian War Museum
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George Metcalf Archival Collection
Canadian War Museum
CWM 20070099-016 George Metcalf Archival Collection Canadian War Museum
CWM 20070099-016
George Metcalf Archival Collection
Canadian War Museum
CWM 20070099-016 George Metcalf Archival Collection Canadian War Museum

Private

McLeod, Donald

Unit

3rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion

Branch

Service Component

Canadian Expeditionary Force

Service Number

104427

birth

1892/01/02

Trowbridge, Ontario, Canada

death

1916/06/04

Belgium

grave

Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium

Gender

Male

Donald McLeod was born in Trowbridge, Ontario, on 2 January 1882.

A stonemason, he enlisted in the 68th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Regina, Saskatchewan, on 3 August 1915. By October 1915, McLeod was at West Sandling Camp, which was part of the Canadian military complex at Folkestone, Kent, England. He was transferred to the 48th Canadian Infantry Battalion and then to the 3rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion. McLeod was killed on 4 June 1916 during the Battle of Mount Sorrel (2–14 June 1916), while serving with the 3rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion as a combat engineer southeast of Zillebeke, Belgium. His body was lost.

Donald McLeod is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, Belgium.

The Canadian War Museum’s Collection includes the following artifacts for this recipient