Albert McDonald was born in Thedford, Ontario, on January 5, 1894, the son of Alexander McDonald (a farmer) and Mary (nee Perkins) McDonald, of 216 Essex Street, and later 237 Bright Street, Sarnia. Prior to enlisting, Albert was employed for two years in the butcher shop of W.J. Laughlin, North Front Street. He enlisted in the Western Ontario Regiment on January 9th, 1918 and became a member of the Army, Canadian Infantry, Western Ontario Regiment, 18th Battalion, with the rank of Private. On August 28, 1918, Albert McDonald would lose his life while fighting in France during Canada’s final Hundred Days Campaign. Albert McDonald would later be officially be listed as, Killed in Action. Was hit in the body by shrapnel and killed, during military operations near Vis-en-Artois in front of Arras. In mid-September of 1918, his mother, Mary McDonald of 216 Essex Street, Sarnia, would receive a telegram informing her that her son, Pte. Albert McDonald had been killed in action on August 28th. Twenty-four year old Albert McDonald is buried in Vis-En-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, Pas de Calais, France, Grave I.B.33.
SOURCES: A, B, C, D, E, F, L, N, 2C, 2D, 2G