Last address in Lewis: 34 Lower Shader,
Son of Donald and Peggy Macdonald, of Shader, Stornoway.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Mars
Service number: 3947/A
Date of death: 24 February 1919 at the age of 29
Influenza at home
Interred: Barvas Cemetery
Local memorial: North Lewis, Borve
Had been demobilised a few days before his death
Donald appears in the 1901 census, aged 9, with his parents Donald (38) and Mary (33), and siblings Ann (13), Angus (4), John (2) and Bella Ann (9 months).
His brother John died in 1915 of wounds, sustained whilst serving with the Cameron Highlanders.
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