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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 15.09.1915
  • Place of enlistment: Niagara Camp, Ontario.
  • Service no: 142300
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 24th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 19
  • Date of Death: 01.10.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Vimy Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 24.12.1897
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Tinsmiths Helper
  • Mother:

    Jessie Smith, 87 Munroe St, Toronto

  • Father:
  • Siblings:

    Alexander McDonald Smith, Hector McDonald Smith, and Mrs Thomas Boushill, Parry Sound, Ontario

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about John McDonald Smith

John has no known grave but is remembered on the Vimy Memorial. He was the brother of Pte Alexander McDonald Smith 163684, of the 2nd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps and Pte Hector McDonald Smith 24997, 208th Battalion who was discharged as being underage. John listed a Mrs Jessie Smith of 132 Lochee Rd, Dundee as his next of kin when he enlisted.

For more information on John visit, John’s Memorial and John’s Service Record

For reasons unknown John Smith is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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