Private EVANDER MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 1 Upper Bayble,
Son of Malcolm Macdonald and Ann Mackenzie
Service unit: 6th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Service number: S/24568
Date of death: 24 October 1918 at the age of 26
Killed in action
Interred: Cambrai East Military Cemetery, grave I. A. 23.
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
Formerly 252051, Scottish Horse.
He served in 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial), and enlisted at Fort George.
Evander is found in the 1901 census in a Squatters' House in Bayble, living with his parents Malcolm (48) and Annie (43) as well as siblings Roderick (17), Angus (12), John (10) and Murdo (10 months).
His brothers Roderick, Angus and Malcolm all served in the RNR and survived the war.
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