Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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Wallace Macdonald
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Perth
- Service no: 3/3551
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
- Place of Death: Iraq
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 14/03/1917
- Burial Country: Iraq
- Cemetery: Basra Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 25 and 63.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 9 Watt St, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
- Father:
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Jessie Scott (formerly Macdonald) 9 Watt St, Dundee
- Children:
Daniel, born 18.04.1907, Wallace, born 12.02.1912 & Jessie, born 28.07.1914
More about Wallace Macdonald
Wallace has no known grave but is remembered on the Basra Memorial.
Wallace Macdonald 3/3551 Black Watch
MACDONALD―Previously reported wounded and missing in the East, on 14th March 1917, now officially reported killed in action on that date, Private Wallace Macdonald, Black Watch, beloved husband of Jessie Macdonald, 9 Watt Street. – Inserted by his wife and children.
Dundee People’s Journal 29th September 1917
Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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