MACDONALD, Robert
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
9 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Seaforth Highlanders
Service:
Army
Service Number:
2821492
Private Robert Macdonald, 4 Troop, was wounded on 15 April 1945 during operations in Italy (Lake Comacchio). Post war member of the Commando Association. He had fingers missing on both hands as a result of his war wounds. On 17 July 1996 Robert, aged 75, went missing from his home at Golspie, Sutherland. After a large air and sea search operation he was found a couple of weeks later having drowned in the Dornoch Firth.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/91.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/91.
WW2 Army Medal Cards Index.
Commando Association newsletter 89.
Commando Association newsletter 89.
Numerous newspaper reports in the Aberdeen Press and Journal.
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