| Rank | Captain (MD) |
| Service # | 10220 |
| Unit # | Canadian Army Medical Corps. |
Service No. 10220. Reference: RG150, Accession 1992 – 93, Box: 6745-25, Item: 147621, PDF: B6745-S025. Date of Birth: 5/06/1895 at Dresden, ON. The son of Allen H. and Jessie (nee Atkin) McDonald of Kent-East, Camden, Twsp. Kent County. His older siblings: Claude, Louis, Jennie, Mary, Lillie and a younger brother William. The farm on which he grew up on was granted by the Crown to his parental grandfather.
John completed his matriculation from the Dresden High School. He entered the University of Toronto Medical School in 1911 and graduated with honours in 1916.
He would immediately joined the CAMC, training for a year at the AMC (Army Medical Corp) at Toronto. His attestation date 14/06/1916 at Toronto. His next of kin: Mrs. Jessie (mother) McDonald, 268 Greenwood Ave., Toronto, ON.
Upon his completion with the AMC he shipped out on the S.S. Missanable 19/06/16. He served with distinction in Great Britain and Salonika, aka the “Macedonia Front” [A failed attempt by the Allied Powers to aid Serbia]. Capt. McDonald was stationed at No. 4 CGH (Cdn. General Hospital). It was well serving he came down with Dysentery 9/10/17 to 3/11/17. After his recovery he was given leave after 3 years, 3 months and 19 day at Salonika with #4 CGH.
He was reported ‘on leave’ from 31/12/17 returning aboard the S. S. Olympic when he returned to England. Capt. McDonald arrived in Halifax 8/07/1919. His last hospitalization at St. Andrew’s Military Hospital 1/10/19. He was SOS (Struck Off Strength) 21/04/1920
He returned to England and joined the 4th Cdn. General Hospital at Bassingstoke. Once again he would come down with Influenza and was hospitalized from 4/06/18 to 19/06/18.
After the war he became an Orthopedic Surgeon. Married to Marian Kent (nee Smith) a graduate nurse from Wingham, ON., 23/06/1926 and they had two sons Kent and John
He trained at the Middlesex Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto
Dr. McDonald retired from his teaching in 1955 as a Associate Professor of Surgery. He moved to the Wellesley hospital and confined his attention to orthopaedic problems. He closed his practice in 1966.
Dr. McDonald passed away in 1967 and is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
| Sources | Ann Fisher, Bone & Joint Surgery (Vol.51B No.1 Feb., 1969),, LAC, A. Fisher |
| Next of Kin | Mrs. Jessie (mother) McDonald, 268 Greenwood Ave., Toronto, ON. |
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