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Aug 22, 1880
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Born in Aberdeen, Scotland
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Nov 4, 1914
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Attested into the 21st
Battalion in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59266 (temporary number 494)
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs. Georgina Donald, mother
12 Murray Place, St. Andrews, Scotland
Ø Previous occupation given as Photographer
Ø Previous military experience given as 59th
Stormont and Glengarry Regiment, Canadian Militia and the 1st
Aberdeen Royal Engineers Volunteers
Ø Religion given as Presbyterian
Ø Posted to 11 Platoon “E” Company
o This was later reorganized into 11 Platoon “C”
Company
The 21st Battalion trained
in the Kingston, Ontario area through the winter of 1914-15.
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Dec 4, 1914
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Appointed to the provisional
rank of Corporal in the Signals Section of “C” Company
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama in
Montreal, Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Devonport,
England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe,
Kent to continue training
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Jun 21, 1915
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Admitted to the Shorncliffe
Military Hospital with a diagnosis that reads Hernia where surgery was
performed to repair the Hernia
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Jul 1, 1915
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Confirmed in the rank of
Signals Corporal
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Jul 10, 1915
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Transferred to the Monks
Horton Convalescent Home
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Jul 25, 1915
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Discharged to duty from
hospital
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St. Seiriol in
Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Boulogne,
France and the battalion proceeded to St. Omer
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May 5, 1916
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While in billets in the “B”
Camp at La Clytte, Belgium, Corporal James Donald was in charge of a carrying
party moving supplies on a hand powered narrow-gauge railway, the overloaded
car overturned and fell on him. When
the car was lifted from him, he had a badly injured left knee and multiple
cuts and bruises. He was evacuated to
the No. 10 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station) for first aid.
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May 6, 1916
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He was transported by the No.
23 AT (Ambulance Train) and admitted to the No. 6 British Red Cross Hospital
in Etaples for treatment
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May 12, 1916
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Invalided to England aboard
the Hospital Ship Brighton
On arrival in England he was
admitted to the De Walden Court Hospital in Eastbourne
Transferred to the CCAC
(Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Jun 22, 1916
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Transferred to the Canadian
Convalescent Hospital in Woodcote Park, Epsom
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Jul 5, 1916
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Discharged from hospital and
transferred to the 39th Reserve Battalion at West Sandling
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Dec 4, 1916
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Appointed to the rank of
Acting Lance Sergeant without pay
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Jan 4, 1917
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Transferred to the newly
formed 6th Reserve Battalion at West Sandling and posted to “A”
Company. Shortly after the formation
of the battalion, it moved to Seaford to train reinforcements for the front
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Jun 26, 1917
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Appointed to the rank of
Acting Sergeant with pay
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Jul 9, 1917
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Temporarily attached to the
Canadian Training School in Bexhill for duty
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Oct 29, 1918
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Admitted to the No. 14
Canadian General Hospital in Eastbourne, Sussex with a diagnosis that reads
Influenza
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Nov 12, 1918
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Discharged to duty with the 6th
Reserve Battalion in Seaford
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Jun 23, 1919
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Embarked the SS Belgic in
Liverpool
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Jul 1, 1919
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova
Scotia and proceeded to Ottawa, Ontario
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Jul 3, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in Ottawa,
Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge
Acting Sergeant
Ø War Service Badge
Class “A” issued number 382006
Ø Proposed residence
on discharge Cornwall, Ontario
Following his discharge, the
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at Box
89, Cornwall, Ontario
James Donald later moved to
South Porcupine, Ontario and opened a Photography business
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