Last address in Lewis: 6 Lower Bayble,
Also quoted at 44 Lower Garrabost.
Son of Murdo Smith; husband of Johanna Smith, of 6, Lower Bayble, Stornoway.
Born at Garrabost, Stornoway on 30 November 1878.
Service unit: Collingwood Battallion, Royal Naval Division
Service number: CH/2742/A
Date of death: 18 October 1917 at the age of 39
Died in Academisch Ziekenhuis [University Hospital], Groningen, from Tuberculosis.
Interred: Groningen Southern Cemetery North-West part, Class 4, Row 37.
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
Was interned in Holland
Next-of-Kin & home address: Wife, Johanna, 44 Garrabost (later: 6 Lower Bayble), Stornoway
1914 Star issued to widow in 1920.
The 1901 census shows John as a 22-year old fisherman at 44 Garrabost, living with his parents Murdo (50, crofter) and Margaret (49) as well as his younger sisters Annie (20), Catherine (19) and Murdina (16).
Left-hand gravestone
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