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A photograph of Donald McKay's house.
1930
Alberta

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During the time between November 11, 1918, when fighting ceased in France, and when Donald was shipped back home, Donald arranged to meet his sister Christina (called Tina) in London. Tina had been a nursing sister in France. In London they had a portrait made of the two of them together in their respective uniforms. He and Tina also returned to Rogart, Scotland where they were born to visit some of the relatives they had left behind when the family immigrated to Canada. Fifty years later one of Donald's relatives from Rogart recalled the day when 'young Donald and Tina came up to the window' of their maternal grandmother's house.

Donald sailed from Southampton, England on June 4, 1919, arrived in Halifax on June 20, and was demobilized (discharged) from the army in Calgary on June 25, 1919, one year and one month after he enlisted.

When Donald returned home he farmed in the Summit District, east of Bowden. His sister Agnes (Aggie) did housekeeping and cooked for him during this time. When he was overseas Donald corresponded with Opal Rowland, a young teacher from the area. They married in 1931. When Opal's father died in 1939 Donald and Opal moved to the Rowland family farm in the Nisbet District, the next school district south of the Summit District.