McTaggart/MacTaggart, John “Jack” Campbell: Service no. 745141

Digitized Service Record

Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.

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Family Search: When John “Jack” Campbell MacTaggart was born on 14 January 1887, in Sonya, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada, his father, Donald Lachan Mc Laggart, was 34 and his mother, Flora Campbell, was 29. He married Jean Cathleen Ewen on 31 December 1921, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Sonya, Victoria, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 28, his occupation is listed as farmer in Sonya, Victoria, Ontario, Canada. He died on 27 June 1969, in Seagrave, Scugog, Durham, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 82, and was buried in McNeil-Wick Cemetery, Layton, Brock, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

Reg number	745141
Name	McTaggart, John
Rank	Private
Year of Birth	3/1/1905
Date of Death	6/27/1969
Cemetery
Cemetery location
Country of birth	Canada
Home Country	Canada
City born	Sonya, Ont
Address	Sonya, Ont
Enlistment Date	12/13/1915
Drafted?
Enlistment place	Port Perry
Origin Unit	116th Battalion
Pre war Unit
Final Bn	18th
Ship	SS Olympic
Date in England	7/31/1916
Date in France
Date w 116	12/13/1915
Left 116th
Married	no
Occupation	blacksmith
Wounded date	5/28/1917
Wound type/Death particuolars	GSW Head at Vimy Ridge (shrapnel wound) was in a coma
KIA
DOW
Died other
Missing/Presumed Dead
Wounded	yes
Sick
PTSD
Medals
Vimy
Vimy area
Raid
Hill 70
Pass
Amiens
Parvillers
Boiry
Canal
Other
Unit History	116th to 18th
Other details	A Coy, wounded put him out of war
Field Punishment
FP Details
Gravestone
Underage
Medically Unit
Deserter
Undesirable
Casualty Description