William McDowall

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

55659

Unit at enlistment:

19th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Commemorated at:

Alexandra Presbyterian Church, Independent Order of Foresters

Birth country:

Scotland

Birth county:

Lanarkshire

Birth city:

Glasgow

Address at enlistment:

135 Campbell Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

135 Campbell Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Wounded

BX November 24, 1916

Wounded in Head

Mrs. William McDowall received word that her son, William, who left Brantford with the Second Contingent, 19th Battalion, is suffering from shrapnel splinters in the ears. He was admitted to a French hospital where he is improving and expects to rejoin his battalion soon. He has been in the trenches 14 months, and this is the first time he has been wounded.