KILLED BY SHELLFIRE
WHEN ERECTING CROSSES
ON THE YPRES-MENIN ROAD

CAPTAIN JOHN DORAN MACDONALD

DIRECTORATE OF GRAVES REGISTRATION AND ENQUIRIES

18TH MARCH 1916 AGE 49

BURIED: BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, FRANCE


Captain Macdonald was marking graves with wooden crosses, part of the work the Directorate of Graves Registration and Enquiries carried out to try to ensure that soldiers' graves were not lost but identifed and their position recorded.