Family Search: When Private Roderick James McDougald was born on 11 June 1895, in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Dougald McDougald J. R., was 33 and his mother, Jessie Mary Ross, was 26. He lived in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as civil servant, department of customs in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He died on 7 September 1917, in Chichester, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 22, and was buried in Chichester, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom.
ST. ANDREW’S ROLL OF HONOUR: LIVES REMEMBERED
PRIV. RODERICK JAMES McDOUGALD, Western Ontario Regiment, 18th Battalion, came originally from Central Cariboo, Pictou County, N.S. In Ottawa, where he enlisted in October 1915, he was a civil servant. In June 1917 he was wounded in France, but recovered and rejoined his battalion. In late August 1917 he was ‘seriously injured’ at Vimy Ridge, and he died aged 22 in hospital in England on Sept. 7th 1917. Priv. McDougald is buried in Chichester Cemetery, Sussex, England. His uncle John McDougald, Commissioner of Customs for Canada, was a well-known member of St. Andrew’s.








His picture hangs in my living room. Very proud of that young man.
Thank you for finding this page! Is there a way you can send me a scan of that picture so I can post it at this page?