DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R. ‘10535 PTE J. DONAGHUE. 4/CAN: INF: BN:’
D.C.M. London Gazette 22 January 1916:
‘For conspicuous gallantry at Wulverghem on October 20th, 1915, when he volunteered to go out with Company Sergeant Major Benton and attempt to rescue a comrade, who had been severely wounded near the enemy’s lines. They crawled some 300 yards, found the wounded man in a shell hole, and, after his wounds had been dressed by Company Sergeant Major Benton, Private Donaghue crawled in with him on his back. One rescue party had already gone out, but failed to locate the wounded man.’
Private James Donaghue, born in 1887, enlisted into the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 22 September 1914. He noted previous service in the 5th Battalion, Royal Scots.
Condition EK over last two letters of surname, otherwise GVF.