Last address in Lewis: 11 Fivepenny,
Son of Donald and Gormelia Morrison.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMT Sir Mark Sykes
Service number: 11859/DA
Date of birth: 9 September 1890
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 27
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire
Interred: Old Ness Cemetery, section 132
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Wounded whilst serving with the 2nd Seaforth Highlanders at Ypres in 1914, transferred to the RNR.
Donald is shown in the 1901 census at 11 Fivepenny, aged 10, the youngest of the children (then present) of Donald (55) and Gormellia (50). His siblings were John (22), Christina (20), Gormellia (14) and Murdo (12).
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