Clipping - Local Banker (Cpl Ian MacDonald) wins Decoration, 1917. 129771 Cpl (later Sgt) Ian Phillip MacDonald arrived in France on 13 August 1916 and was wounded by shrapnel to his left cheek on 26 February 1917. He returned to the Battalion on 15 March 1917 in turn to get wounded again with a gunshot wound to the abdomen on 9 April 1917 at Vimy Ridge. Cpl Ian P. MacDonald (sic McDonald) was a signaler and was awarded the Military Medal (MM) for bravery (with others) for securing the lines of communication under intense shell fire during the Battles of the Somme in October / November 1916. He later received a bar to the MM at Vimy Ridge. He had also served in the 72nd Regiment from 1912-1915. CEF service file attached 1 page