Private EVANDER MACKENZIE
Last address in Lewis: 13 Branahuie,
Son of John and Christina McKenzie, of Branahuie. Stornoway.
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: S/14282
Enlisted at Fort George, Inverness
Date of death: 10 May 1917 at the age of 38
Died of wounds
Interred: Etaples Military Cemetery, grave XVIII. L. 6
Local memorial: Branahuie / Melbost
Evander is shown in the 1891 census as a 12-year old at 13B Branahuie with his parents John (52) and Christina (45) as well as his older siblings Margaret (17) and Donald (14). At the time, his father John is marked as bed-ridden.
A brother Malcolm served in the Canadian Army, but survived the war.
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