The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 239 McDONALD, Robert WWI Robert was born on December 11, 1896. He was 13 years old when his family left the old stone home “Countlilch” in the Ballinluig/Dowally area of Perthshire, Scotland to come to Canada. At the age of 15 or 16, Robert went to work at the Bank of Commerce in Melfort, Saskatchewan then joined the Army and trained at Camp Hughes, Manitoba and in eastern Canada before being shipped overseas with the Motor Machine Gun Brigade. He wrote letter after letter home to his mother, sisters and brothers. Private McDonald was fighting in France when he suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was taken to the No. 1 Canadian Field Ambulance Dressing Station. He had no idea he was mortally wounded as he spoke cheerfully and made light of his injury. Robert died on August 8, 1918 and is buried in the Longueau British Cemetery in Amiens, France. McDOUGALL, Gordon Hugh WWII Gordon was born on December 11, 1913 on a farm a few miles from Avonlea, Saskatchewan. He graduated with a B.Sc., Geology, from the University of Saskatchewan and went to northern Ontario to work in the mines in 1938. Gordon joined the Royal Canadian Army and went overseas with the Engineering Corps where his unit secured and built bridges. Gordon returned from overseas and worked in various mining engineer positions before retiring on Vancouver Island. After raising three children with his wife Ruth Hedley of Regina, he passed away on June 3, 1991. McDOUGALL, Lawrence John “Lornie” WWII Lornie was born on July 9, 1921 in Avonlea, Saskatchewan. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and trained at Brandon, Dauphin and Regina before getting his wings at Yorkton in September 1941 and going overseas the following month. Lornie was stationed in England and Gibraltar with Squadron 1435 of the Mediterranean Command and was commissioned in November 1942. He was reported missing in action in his Spitfire over the Mediterranean on March 3, 1943. Flight Sergeant McDougall’s name is commemoratively inscribed on the Malta Memorial and the Avonlea Cenotaph. McDougall Lake in northern Saskatchewan is named in his honour.
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