He was of the old country but had been in Canada for some years prior to the outbreak of war
He received two identical Indian Mutiny Medals with clasps for Central India
The attending physician noted that McDonald suffered from Chronic Gastric Catarrh (stomach inflammation with excessive secretion of mucus)
again with another undisclosed illness
He was released March 28th and resumed his rank of Private but ran afoul of the authorities twenty-two months later
A Royal Guelphic Order; 4Th Class Breast Badge Archive He was of the oldMulti piece construction, silver and enamels, hand painted obverse centrepiece, royal cypher of King Ernest Augustus I on the reverse centrepiece and dated "MDCCCXXXIX" (1839) on the centrepiece ring, 32. 8 mm x 49 mm, original ribbons, intact enamels, extremely fine.