Research-Donald-Cameron

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Donald Cameron:

Trooper Donald Cameron was born on 01 July 1911 in Leith on the northern outskirts of Edinburgh in Scotland.
He was the son of Donald Archie Cameron and his wife Annie May Cameron, née Spence. Donald and Annie May married on 05 March 1908 and Donald grew up with his older sister Mary and his younger sister Jessie, who was born in 1922 and married George Stewart in 1947. Jessie died in 2003, Mary was unmarried and died in 1970 at the age of 61. Mary was born on 06 October 1908.
The father Donald Archie Cameron worked as a bus driver. Annie May was a housewife.
The family lived at 34 Balfour Street in Leith.
In civilian life, Donald Cameron worked as a tram conductor before joining the military.
On 10 November 1944, Donald Cameron and Catherine Flanagan were married in the Church of the Sacred Heart in Edinburgh. The short marriage remained childless.
Catherine Cameron worked as a rubber worker at the North British Rubber Company. During the war, the factory produced rubber boots, gas masks and tyres for army vehicles, among other things.
Catherine died in Leith in 1976. She did not remarry after her husband's death.
Donald died at Kutenholz on 30 April 1945, aged 33, along with his comrades Robin Tudsbery and James Henry Woodfield, when their armoured reconnaissance vehicle ran over a sea mine.
His service number is 774165 and he was a member of the Royal Horse Guards.

Grave of Donald Cameron in Becklingen