Private ANGUS MORRISON
Last address in Lewis: 2 Skigersta,
Son of Murdo Morrison and Annie Morrison, of 3, High St., Skigersta, Ness, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Service unit: 102nd Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Service number: 103286
Date of death: 12 June 1917 at the age of 29
Killed in action in France
Interred: Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez North Angres, British Cemetery, Memorial 34
Local memorial: North Lewis, Cross
Date of birth: 7 March 1887
Place of birth: Isle of Lewis
Height: 5 ft 8½ in
Complexion: Fair
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Religion: Church of England
Trade / occupation: Sailor
Current address: 1423 Haultain Rd, Victoria BC
Next of kin: Sandy Murray, Half brother, of Skigersta, Ness
Volunteered at Victoria on 10 November 1915
Angus appears in the 1891 census, aged 4, at the home of his parents Murdo (43) and Annie (45), with his stepbrother Alexander Murray (21) and siblings Cath (14), NOrman (10) and William (7).
Stornoway Gazette
News has been received that Pte Angus Morrison, Canadians, son of the late Murdo Morrison, Skigersta, was killed in action on 12th June. Before settling in Canada, he was sailing between Glasgow and New York, and was on the SS "Columbia" when that vessel collided with an iceberg in the Atlantic some years ago. After sailing for some time on the American coast, he worked ashore, and later joined the 102nd Battalion in September 1915. He visited his friends at Ness a year ago, and looked a fine specimen of a soldier. Both his parents died during his absence in Canada. Much sympathy is felt for his relatives.
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