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Name James MacDONALD   
Rank/Number Sapper   X/318
Regiment South African Engineers   
Enlisted  
Age/Date of death 44      05 Aug 1917 
How died/Theatre of war Drowned   Home
Last known address  
Cemetery Elgin New Cemetery, Moray 
Grave or Memorial Reference F East 329 
Possible Location Fenny Stratford - not on War Memorial
Date/Place of birth 01 Apr 1873      
Date/Place of baptism  
Pre-war occupation of Casualty worked for late Mr Burgess, saddler 
Parents William & Isabella MacDonald
Parent's occupation
Parents' Address (last known) 55 Moss St, Elgin, Morayshire 
Wife  
Wife's Address (last known)  
Notes drowned in River Ousel near Fenny Stratford Gas Works. Buried with Military Honours 

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