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Personal data

• Name MacLAURIN
• Initials DC
• First name DOUGLAS CAMERON
• Place of birth Vankleek Hill
• Country Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Family Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. MacLaurin, of Vankleek Hill, Ontario; his brother Howard James died 14 June 1916 and is also buried in Lijssenthoek.
  
• Education McGill University, Montreal
• Profession Student

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 15 August 1914, Valcartier
• Service number 24856
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 16th Bn. Manitoba Regiment (Canadian Scottish)
• Division - Brigade 3rd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Canadian Division
• National force C.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Enlisted in the 13th Bn., Royal Highlanders of Canada; transferred to the 16th (Canadian Scottish) Bn.; wounded May 1915;

Death

• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds in the face and head, in n°10 CCS
• Date of death 5 April 1916
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery V - C - 36A

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