Born on July 4, 1890 in Toronto, he was a newspaper reporter before enlisting as a Lieutenant in the 92nd Battalion in Toronto on Aug 28, 1915. He has been serving for three years in the 48th Highlanders.
His father, J. P. Donald lived in Pictou, Nova Scotia at the time Alexander enrolled.
He sailed to France with the 92nd Battalion, transferred to the 5th Reserve Battalion and then, a couple of months later in 1917, to the 15th Battalion. He was wounded twice in 1917, awarded the Military Cross on 19 April 1918 and then wounded again in August 1918.
When he returned from the war he attended Knox College and was ordained as a United Church minister in 1927. He served in the Dufferin and Peel, Toronto East, Algoma, London Conference Perth, and York Presbyteries before retiring to Willowdale in the Toronto Centre Presbytery, 1958-1961.
He married Muriel H. Milling on September 6, 1921 and they had one child, Helen Claire Donald (1928-1979). His uncle was LCol Duncan Donald who was a CO of the 134th Bn.
His brother, Walter Leslie Donald, was a Gunner in the 6th Bde Field Artillery who was KIA in 1918 and is buried in Sains-les-Marquion Cemetery.
Lt Donald died May 21, 1962 and is buried in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
NOK: Mrs Richard A. Donald (M) 177 Balmoral Ave., Toronto, ON
