John Archibald (

Name

John Archibald ("Jack") McLeod / MacLeod

Born

1893-09-20

Birth Place

Occupation

Student

Religion

Presbyterian

Died

1918-08-16

Death Place

Rouen, France

Death

Died from wounds suffered in battle Aug. 9, 1918

Monument

Cemetery







Service Record 1


Regimental Number

1743

Highest Rank

Private

Conflict

Battalion

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

Enlisted

Ottawa, ON

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1914-08-25

Wounded Date

1915-04

Wounds

Wounded in back and chest by an artillery shell


Service Record 2


Conflict

Battalion

211th Battalion

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1916-06


Service Record 3


Highest Rank

Sergeant

Conflict

Company

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1918

Wounded Date

1918-08-09

Wounds

Wounded by machine gun fire and shrapnel to hand, abdomen and thigh.

Wounded Where

Near Warvillers, France



Sources & Links

- a) History of the County of Bruce Vol. 2
- b) Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial - svwm.ca
- Library & Archives Canada
- War Graves Commission
- Book of Remembrance
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial



News Clippings


Paisley Advocate, Sept. 3, 1918, p. 1
Paisley Advocate, Sept. 3, 1918, p. 1
Paisley Advocate, Sept. 3, 1918, p. 1 (cropped)
Paisley Advocate, Sept. 3, 1918, p. 1 (cropped)
Paisley Advocate, June 3, 1915
Paisley Advocate, June 3, 1915
Paisley Advocate, May 6, 1915
Paisley Advocate, May 6, 1915
Paisley Advocate, May 13, 1915
Paisley Advocate, May 13, 1915
Paisley Advocate, Jan. 12, 1916
Paisley Advocate, Jan. 12, 1916
Paisley Advocate, August 16, 1916
Paisley Advocate, August 16, 1916
Paisley Advocate, June 14, 1916
Paisley Advocate, June 14, 1916
Paisley Advocate, February 28, 1917
Paisley Advocate, February 28, 1917
Paisley Advocate, April 25, 1917
Paisley Advocate, April 25, 1917
Paisley Advocate, October 11, 1914
Paisley Advocate, October 11, 1914
Paisley Advocate, April 29, 1915
Paisley Advocate, April 29, 1915
Paisley Advocate, December 1, 1915
Paisley Advocate, December 1, 1915
Walkerton Telescope, May 13, 1915
Walkerton Telescope, May 13, 1915