Private DONALD MACLEAN
Last address in Lewis: 21 Callanish,
Son of Finlay and Annie Maclean.
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7031
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 7 January 1916 at the age of 22
Killed in action at Persian Gulf
Memorial: Basra Memorial, Iraq, Panel 37 and 64
Local memorial: East Loch Roag, Callanish
Donald appears in the 1901 census at 21B Callanish, aged 8, the son of
Finlay (51) and Annie (44) and brother of Mary (16), Donald (12),
Chirsty (10), Kenneth (5), Finlay (4) and Maggie Ann (2).
His brothers Kenneth and Finlay also served in the Seaforths, and were both
killed in action in 1917. His brother Hugh also
served, but survived the war.
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