303 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND McDONALD, Ronald Ronald was born on May 19, 1889, the son of Dan and Mary (McGillis) McDonald of Coldwater, Ontario. On March 15, 1915, Ronald enlisted in the Army during World War I in Lindsay, Ontario with the 21st Canadian Infantry Battalion, part of the 2nd Canadian Division of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was 25 years old and single. Private Ronald McDonald sailed to England on the SS Metagama, arriving on May 15, 1915. After training in England for several months, he landed in France on October 27. He suffered a gunshot wound to the hand in June 1916, returning to duties a month later. Private McDonald was wounded in the legs by shrapnel during an assault on the village of Passchendaele in Belgium. He died from his wounds on November 9. Private Ronald McDonald is buried at Nine Elms British Cemetery near Ypres (Ieper), Belgium. McFERRAN, David “John” John was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan on March 19, 1923. He enlisted in the Army in 1943 and served with the Canadian Army Service Corps during World War II. He was stationed at Wolseley Barracks in London, Ontario. As a motorcycle dispatch rider, John was involved in an accident during a training maneuver and had his right arm severely damaged. After his military career, he married Eunice Humphries, they raised a son and two daughters and lived in Port Franks, Ontario. John was employed as a civilian Fire Fighter at Camp Ipperwash Military Base. John passed away on February 11, 2015. McDOWELL, William Murray William was born in Maybole, Scotland on July 1, 1888. He joined the Army during World War I on September 20, 1915 in Hamilton, Ontario and received training at the 86th O/S Machine Gun Depot. William was shipped overseas to England on May 19, 1916 aboard the SS Adriatic and was stationed in Liverpool and assigned to the machine gun school for further training. William was shipped to France with the 86th Battalion arriving on the frontlines September 14, 1916. In April 1917, he was injured in battle and hospitalized with a serious concussion. He recovered and rejoined his unit. He was exposed to gas in October 1918. Upon release from hospital, William was granted a 14-day-leave to England and when he returned to his unit in France, was appointed Sergeant. The military was starting to demobilize the CEF and Sergeant WilliamMcDowell was returned to #2 District Depot in Toronto and discharged on May 31, 1919. William was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Fred Gies Branch 50 in Kitchener and Waterloo Branch 530. He passed away on March 12, 1972 and is buried in a soldiers’ plot in Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener, Ontario.
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