(5 April 1911-3 May 1970), soldier. (D. C.Cameron, military titles commonly used with name) Born in Lochiel Township, GC. Parents: Robert William Cameron and his wife Elizabeth Rose MacDonald. They farmed at Lot 35 in the 5th Concession of Lochiel, and afterwards lived in Alexandria and Cornwall. Robert William was the brother of the missionary Margaret Cameron. Donald C. attended Alexandria High school.

     He began his military career with the militia at an early age in 1925, and he worked for the Bell Telephone Co. and for Courtaulds (Cornwall) before WWII. He served with the SDG Highlanders in the earlier stages of WWII. With the rank of lt.-col., he was the commanding officer of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment in the fighting in Italy. He won the DSO (Distinguished Service Order) in Sept. 1944 and in 1945 the bar to the DSO. He commanded the 3rd battalion (formed June 1945, dissolved May 1946) of the SDG Highlanders in occupation duty in Germany. In 1948 he was named to command the Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry. (Standard Freeholder 10 Aug. 1948, Glengarry News 13 Aug. 1948) He became a brigadier in 1955. He was commandant at the Canadian Army Staff College, Kingston, from 1962 till his retirement in 1966. In retirement, he lived on a farm in the Kingston area. Brigadier Cameron died at Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, at the early age of 59. (two children) He married: (1) In 1939, Catherine (Kay) MacMaster, who died 1941 (2) Edith Burgoyne, of London, Eng. Brigadier Cameron was probably the best known Glengarry professional soldier of World War II and he is said to have been the most decorated GC soldier of the war.

Glengarry News 7 May 1970 (portrait) * MacGillivray & Ross 536 (portrait) * Boss 154-160, portrait op. 128 * Butternuts and Maple Sugar 220 (family background and genealogy) * article on him, Standard Freeholder 17 Oct. 1944 * 1st wife dies, GN 28 March 1941 * “Col. Cameron Wins Bar To D.S.O. Lochiel Man Again Honored For Gallantry In Action In Italy,” GN 19 Jan. 1945 * many GN notices including 12 July 1946, 7 Jan. 1954, 6 Jan. 1955, 15 Dec. 1960, 14 April 1966 (retires)