CAMERON, DONALD, Private, No. 50633, 17th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), s. of Ewen Cameron, of 22, Cromwell Street, Glasgow, and Riverview, Strontian, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Ronald McDougall; b. North Kelvinside, 9 Nov. 1898; educ. Dunard Street Public School: Strontian Public School, and North Kelvinside Higher Grade School; was Assistant Librarian at Mitchell Library, Glasgow; enlisted in the Cameronians 17 Feb. 1917: transferring to the Royal Scots, he served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following Nov., where he took part in much severe fighting, volunteering for stretcher service, during the retreat of March, 1918, and died at No. 3 General Hospital, Stobhill, Glasgow, on 28 Nov. following, of double pneumonia, contracted while on service. Buried at Drumintorran, Strontian. His Commanding Officer wrote: Your son was recommended for very valuable services in the field, and would certainly have been decorated the next time the battalion went into action. He was commended for his good work. With my personal sympathy, and that of my battalion, for the loss of a good soldier and comrade.” Unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5