Alexander G. McDonald (b. 1891) Alexander MacDonald was the son of Charles MacDonald, a clerk of the court in Dawson.((P. D. Bushe, “Yukoners at the front in the great war.” //Dawson Daily News// (Dawson), 17 August 1915.)) Alexander graduated from the Dawson Public School in 1908. He served with the Vancouver Highlanders during the First World War. He survived the battle of Langemarck [November 1914] but was seriously wounded a month later.((T.G. Bragg, “Yukon Schools.” //Dawson Daily News// (Dawson), 17 August 1915.)) Lieutenant MacDonald survived his wounds and was wounded again in 1917.((//Dawson Daily News// (Dawson), 17 August 1917.))