Private Victor McDonald was born in Annandale, Prince Edward Island on October 20, 1895 to parents George and Isabel McDonald.
McDonald enlisted with the 105th Battalion in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on December 15, 1915, having previously belonged to the 82nd “Abegweit Light Infantry” Regiment of PEI. He sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia in July 1916 aboard the HMT Empress of Britain and served with the 26th Battalion in France. Diagnosed with Tuberculosis in late 1918, McDonald was invalided back to Canada for treatment in May of 1919. He was sent for treatment for TB at the Kentville, Nova Scotia Sanatorium, where he died on January 6, 1920.
External links:
Private Victor McDonald’s service record (Serv/Reg# 712376) can be viewed/downloaded in pdf format through Library and Archives Canada.
Burial information is available at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
A memorial page honouring McDonald can be visited online at the Canadian Virtual War Memorial.
[Editor’s note: Throughout his service record the surname is spelled both as McDonald and MacDonald. Victor’s signatures in the files uses both forms. In places the McDonald has been corrected to MacDonald. His first name Joseph is not used in his service record but does appear elsewhere.]
