Source: Via Folkestone news article about a baseball game via Andrew Taylor from the 18th Battalion Facebook Group.
Family Search: When Major John Knox MacDonald was born on 25 December 1894, in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, his father, Alan Robert Knox MacDonald, was 38 and his mother, Lora Elizabeth Cook, was 27. He had at least 1 son and 4 daughters with Maud Victoria Newby. He lived in Wellington, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Elora, Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1931. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1916, at the age of 22, his occupation is listed as signal man. He died on 10 January 1965, in Fergus, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 70, and was buried in Elora Cemetery, Elora, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.
Trade listed as Laborer. DOB 14-9-93, born Woodstock. NOK Allan McDonald, uncle. Enlisted Fergus 24-10-14 (age 21 years), lists 1 year service in 30th Wellington Regiment. (also known as John KNOX) 5 foot 4 1/2 inches. Blue eyes, light brown hair. Presbyterian. Name is on 18th Battalion Sailing List 18-4-15. To France with 18th Battalion 15-9-15. Suffering from Shell Shock 26-10-16, hospitalized. Shrapnel wounds to both buttocks, right lung and right arm, severe, 26-4-17 (Vimy). Granted permission to marry, married 11-3-18, Epsom, Surrey, England. Awarded the Military Medal (LG 30172)for Bravery in the Field, 30-8-17. Invalided to Canada 25-5-18 aboard Hospital Ship Araquaya. Discharged London, 9-11-18, Medically Unfit, due to wounds. Assessed and awarded 100% disability pension. Department of Veteran Affairs Notification of Death: Died 10-1-65, buried Elora Municipal Cemetery. Gravesite photo courtesy B. Gilbert.
Photo ph23867 courtesy Wellington County Museum & Archives.
Source 153rd Wellington Web Site.
Military Medal. Listed also under John Knox.
VETERANS ATTEND SERVICE HERE
FOR JOHN KNOX MacDONALD ‘
John Knox MacDonald, who died
in Groves Memorial Community
Hospital, Fergus, on Monday, January
llth, 1965, was one of the veterans
of World War 1, who enlisted
early in the years of that struggle
with the 18th Battalion, then in
Guelph. He was wounded and had
been awarded the Military Medal
for bravery. During the following
years he has been associated with
the Militia and with the Elora
Branch <229) of the Royal Canadian
Legion of which he was a
Charter Member and the first president,
an office which he held for
the second time in 1963.
Born in Woodstock, Ontario, on
December 25th, 1894, he was a son
of the late Allan Robert Knox
MacDonald and his wife, Laura
Elizabeth Cook. He attended the
Elora Public and High Schools and
at the time he enlisted was employed
by the Grand Trunk (now the
Canadian National) Railway. On
. his return from the war he continued
his railroad career until
some years ago.
During and after the Second
World War, he acted as Service
Officer for the veterans of the district
and his keen interest in their
affairs was known and appreciated
by a great many of them who came
under its terms.
He was also interested in the
youth of the village and many
grown men today will remember
the camps and the work with Cubs
which “J. K.” earned on as “Akela”
He was a former member of the
Elora Council and was Reeve from
1947 – 1950, during which time the
water was installed, and will be remembered
with deep* gratitude for
the influence which he exeretd in
making the Wellington County
Home the fine example of care for
older folk which it is today.
He was a member of Irvine
Lodge, a.F. and A.M., a life member
of the Royal Canadian Legion,
Branch 229, and of Knox Presbyterian
Church, Elora. A staunch
Conservative in politics, it was a
co-incidence that he should die on
the birthday of Sir John A. Macdonald.
He is survived by one son, Allan,
of Markham; two daughters, Peggy
(Mrs. Wm. Anderson) of Tefino,
BC., and Marion (Mrs. Wallace
Ward) of Fergus; five grandchildren
and two great grandchildren.
One brother, Hector M. O. MacDonald
of St. Mary’s, also survives
him. He was predeceased by one
sister, Olive, and three brothers,
Gordon, Kenneth and Donald.
Members of the Irvine Masonic
Lodge conducted a memorial service
at the Towriss Funeral Home
on Tuesday evening and on Wednesday
the Reverend R. C. Mac-
Lean of Knox Presbyterian Church
officiated, after which the Reverend
W. E. MoMillian, padre of the
Legion Bianch of the Royal Canadian
Legion, conducted the Legion
service. Burial was in the ‘Elora
Cemetery and some 75 members of
the Legion acted as a guard of
honour.
Honourary pallbearers were A. B.
Stimpson, Gordon Duncan, Samuel
Proctor, Samuel Trilesky, Joseph
Sitruib and Alexander Fleming Sr.
Active pallbearers were R. C.
Bruce, Ray E. Plyley, A. R. Hoffer,
Harold Gammie, F. J. Magnus and
John Milligan.
Flower bearers were James McEl-
roy, William Claxton, Victor Ross
and John Hillyer.
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