Talk:William Myron MacDonald

MacDonald's citizenship
In the article, I mention "However, as his attestation paper is missing, his actual date of enlistment is unknown; his Canadian citizenship also becomes questionable, as he is not known to have sworn allegiance to the crown."

MacDonald was born and died in the United States. When he served in the Canadian military, the norm was for the enlistee to swear allegiance to the British crown–specifically, to King George V and his heirs and assigns. "Canadians" from south of the border who enlisted often were not required to do this because an American swearing such an oath forfeited his American citizenship.

Thus, while MacDonald was born American, there is no evidence he ever became a Canadian. There also is no evidence he didn't.

Georgejdorner (talk) 21:36, 15 December 2011 (UTC)