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Donald Campbell was born in Toronto, Canada in 1917 and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1941. In 1942 Donald volunteered for the Canadian army and was accepted into the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps in Quebec City and Kingston Ontario where he was quickly promoted from Private to Corporal to Sergeant. He was sent to Officer Training School where he became Lieutenant Second Class, then First Class. In 1943 he was shipped overseas to England and became a re-training instructor to new arrival troops. During battle training in preparation for the D-Day invasion he suffered a broken leg and was sent to hospital, then to the “Massey Foundation Convalescent Home for Canadian Officers”, situated on the Welsh border. Upon recovery, early in 1944, Donald was attached to the First Canadian Forestry Group as training officer in Scotland. He then caught up to his troops at Calais where he was made Ordnance Officer in charge of a mobile ammunition unit whose duty it was to keep up with the front lines through France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He was promoted to Captain. In 1945 Donald participated in the Liberation of Arnhem in Holland. When WW II ended, Donald was shipped back to Canada after nearly a year more in Europe helping with the disposition of military arms and ammunition. Donald received the 1939-45 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal, and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.