MacDonald

John Doran MacDonald

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MacDonald, John D

23 February1867

John and Adelaide (née Doran)

Special List: attd. Directorate of Graves Registration and Enquiries

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Captain

18 March 1916, age 49

Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord-Pas-de-
Calais (Nord), France: II. B. 79

Biography:
John Doran MacDonald was born on 23 February 1867. He was the son of Sir John Hay Athole and Adelaide Jeanette (née
Doran). In November 1892, John married Katherine Alleyne Borthwick. They had six children.

In September 1914, John joined the Red Cross Volunteer Force; he obtained a commission in the Graves Registration Commission
in September 1915.

John Doran MacDonald was injured by artillery fire and died of wounds on 18 March 1916. He is buried in grave II. B. 79
within Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, France.

The earliest Commonwealth burials at Bailleul were made at the east end of the communal cemetery and in April 1915, when the space available had been
filled, the extension was opened on the east side of the cemetery. The extension was used until April 1918, and again in September, and after the Armistice
graves were brought in from the neighbouring battlefields and the following burial grounds:- Pont-De-Nieppe German Cemetery, Reninghelst Chinese
Cemetery.

Bailleul Communal Cemetery contains 610 Commonwealth burials of the First World War; 17 of the graves were destroyed by shell fire and are represented
by special memorials.

Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension contains 4,403 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.