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Lieutenant ALEXANDER PURDON DONALD

Service Number: 299656
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

V. E. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Matthew Purdon Donald and Mary Agnes Rutherford Donald, of Aberdeen; husband of Margaret E. L. Donald, of Aberdeen.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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