Hugh Murray Mair, 2 Shell Street, Stornoway

Gunner HUGH MURRAY MAIR
Last address in Lewis: 2 Shell Street, Stornoway
Son of James Mair and his wife Margaret Murray, of 2 and 3, Shell St., Stornoway, Scotland.
Service unit: 12th Australian Field Artillery
Service number: 255 A
Date of death: 9 May 1917 at the age of 25
Killed in France
Memorial: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial,
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Crewed the first boat to land at Suvla Bay, and the last boat to evacuate Gallipoli
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial; Nicolson WW1 memorial, right panel

Height: 5 ft 9 in
Complexion: Dark
Eyes: Grey
Hair: Black
Religious denomination: Presbyterian

Joined up in Melbourne
Age at attestation: 26 years

Brother of Joseph James Mair, who died at Melbourne in 1919. 
The Mair family, who lived in the backhouse of 3 Shell Street, Stornoway comprised of 7 children in 1901. Elsie (15), Joseph J (14), Maggie (13), Williamena A (11), Hugh M (10), Victoria (7) and Eliza J G (5). Their parents were James (52), a fishcurer, originally from Portknockie, Banffshire; and Stornoway-born Maggie (45).