 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Akazvarwa muCornwall, Canada West, mwanakomana waAlexander Eugene Macdonald naGrace Mackay Taylor, Macdonald akadzidziswa muzvikoro zveCornwall asati apinda mu2nd Cornwall Volunteer Militia Rifle Company semukuru muna 1863. Akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant muna 1865, captain muna 1866, major muna 1871, uye lieutenant-colonel muna 1877. Akashanda panguva yeFenian raids ya 1866, Red River expedition ya 1870, uye North-West Rebellionra1885. 