Hugh D. MacPherson

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Full Name:

Hugh 
MacPherson 
Donald

Date of Birth:

January, 
, 
1924

Place of Birth:

Frasers Mills, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia

Antigonish District:

Frasers Mills

Service Rank or Number:

Location of Enlistment:

Theatres of Service:

Conflicts:

Second World War

Rank on Retirement or Discharge:

Private

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Biography

Private Hugh Donald MacPherson was born in 1924 in Frasers Mills, Antigonish County. He was the son of John Vincent MacPherson and Margaret Alice MacDonald.

MacPherson was a veteran of the Second World War. His brother Angus Lauchlin MacPherson also served in the war.

MacPherson eventually moved to Ontario and married Marie Banyay. They moved to Niagara Falls, Ontario in 1961 where he worked as a stationary engineer. They had a son and a daughter. MacPherson was killed in a train accident in Welland Ontario on June 20, 1971. He is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

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MacPherson's Grave, Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario — Courtesy of Find A Grave

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