Perspectives On The Front

Name

Private Norman Joseph McDonald

Regimental Number

431176

Battalion

29th Battalion

Date and Age of Birth

9 February, 1897 (20 Years Old)

Place of Birth

Victoria, British Columbia

Place and Date of Enlistment

Victoria, B.C. ; 21 June, 1915

Circumstances of Death

Killed in Actions

He was shot through the head by an enemy sniper during the fighting around Lens. A comrade rendered aid and helped him to a shell hole but he died almost immediately.