Private
McLeod, Donald
Unit
3rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion
Branch
Service Component
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Service Number
104427
birth
1892/01/02
Trowbridge, Ontario, Canada
death
1916/06/04
Belgium
grave
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
Gender
Male
Donald McLeod was born in Trowbridge, Ontario, on 2 January 1882.
A stonemason, he enlisted in the 68th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Regina, Saskatchewan, on 3 August 1915. By October 1915, McLeod was at West Sandling Camp, which was part of the Canadian military complex at Folkestone, Kent, England. He was transferred to the 48th Canadian Infantry Battalion and then to the 3rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion. McLeod was killed on 4 June 1916 during the Battle of Mount Sorrel (2–14 June 1916), while serving with the 3rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion as a combat engineer southeast of Zillebeke, Belgium. His body was lost.
Donald McLeod is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, Belgium.
