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MacLeod, Donald G.

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  • fl. 1950-1999

Donald G. MacLeod was a Lieutenant and Platoon Commander of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Second Battalion, 5 Platoon in Korea, 1950-1951.

McMillan, Donald Hugh

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  • fl. 1939-1945

Donald Hugh McMillan was a member of the First Canadian Parachute Company (the forerunner of the Airborne Regiment) and served in the Battle of Britain and in Europe during the Second World War.

Munro, Donald

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  • 1919-

Donald Munro was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1919. He immigrated to Canada in 1925 and settled in Carstairs, Alberta. He joined the Alberta Light Horse (militia) in 1936 as a Trooper prior to attending the University of Alberta in 1938-1939. He was commissioned in August 1939 but resigned his Commission to join the Calgary Highlanders 7 September 1939 at the outbreak of World War Two. Re-commissioned in August 1940 he served as a Platoon Leader, Carrier Platoon and served with the Calgary Highlanders in England from December 1940 until August 1943 when he joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Sicily. Lieutenant Munro served with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Sicily, Italy and Holland as a Platoon Leader and Transport Officer until he was Struck Off Strength in May 1945. Following the War Munro saw militia service with the King's Own Calgary Regiment, the Calgary Highlanders and 110 Manning Depot until retiring in 1967 with the rank of Captain. From 1990 until 1993 Don Munro was the Curator of the Calgary Highlanders Regimental Museum. He then assumed the position of volunteer Archivist and acted as a Gallery Host for the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regimental Museum until retiring in April 2003.

Wilkinson, George

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  • fl. 1937-1940

P21376 George Wilkinson was an Officer Cadet who joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 1 September 1939 as a Lance Corporal and was Struck Off Strength 20 November 1940 and subsequently commissioned to another Regiment.

Guiou, Gerald Wallace

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  • 1894-1969

475387 Gerald Wallace Guiou was born on 3 August 1894. He was a student at McMaster University when he joined Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry on December 6, 1915 as a member of the 3rd University Company. Initially holding the rank of Sergeant, he was eventually promoted to Captain. He was wounded on September 28, 1918, and was struck off strength on March 20, 1919. He was awarded the Military Cross with bar. Following the war he became a minister of religion, and in the Second World War served as a padre for another regiment. He died in 1969 in Yarmouth, NS. His brother Norman Miles Guiou was a medical officer during the war, and wrote a book about his experiences, Transfusion: a Canadian Surgeon's Story in War and in Peace.

Schmitt, Cecil Gilbert

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  • 1896-1983

261685 Cecil Gilbert Schmitt was born 20 January 1896 in Bantinck, Ontario and enlisted with the 97th Battalion 20 July 1916. He joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in the field 19 January 1917 as a Private. He was wounded 8 July 1917 but served with the Regiment until the end of the First World War. He was Struck Off Strength 4 March 1919. He won the Military Medal during the Pursuit or Advance to Mons in November 1918. In his postwar life he became a lawyer in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He maintained a long-time correspondence with the PPCLI's "London Mother", Jenny Macgregor Morris. He died on February 18, 1983 and was buried in Saskatoon.

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