George Alfred Macdonald

Rank:

Chaplain

Unit at enlistment:

226th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Waterloo

Birth city:

Galt, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

35 Peel Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

35 Peel Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Clergyman

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Letters home

BX January 31, 1918

Fighting Boys’ Appreciation – Received by G.W.V.A. for Gifts Sent at Christmas Time - Capt. Cornelius, secretary of the G.W.V.A. has received a number of letters in acknowledgment of the cards and parcels sent to the boys at the front at the Christmas season. All express much appreciation of the fact that they were so kindly remembered. Some of the letters received are given below:

“Although I was not brought up in the Telephone City I now call it my home because my father George MacDonald, of the Soldiers’ Aid is now carrying on for the returned soldiers,”

Wrote George Alfred MacDonald, captain 6th Canadian Battalion, Railway Troops.