Donald Bell McKellar

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

55660

Unit at enlistment:

19th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Colborne Street Methodist Church

Birth country:

Scotland

Birth county:

Lanarkshire

Birth city:

Glasgow

Address at enlistment:

85 Erie Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

9 Summerfield Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Employer:

Massey-Harris Co.

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Miscellaneous

BX April 11, 1978

Donald Bell McKellar

McKELLAR – At the Brantford general Hospital, on Monday, April 10, 1978, Donald B. McKellar, in his 85th year, of 347 Rawdon Street; beloved husband of Violet M. McKellar; dear father of Douglas, Mississauga and Louis (Mrs. James Greensalde), Port Dover; loving grandfather of John, Catherine, Bonnie and Paul; also two great-grandchildren; brother of Mrs. Gilbert (Chrissie) Higgins, Brantford and Archie in Scotland. Mr. McKellar was a member of Branch 90 Royal Canadian Legion and was Lance Corporal with the 19th Battalion C.E.F. during World War One. Friends will be received at the Beckett-Glaves Funeral Home, 88 Brant Avenue, from 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Service in the chapel on Thursday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Keith Wilcox officiating. Interment Mount Hope Cemetery.