Lance Corporal GEORGE MACAULAY
Last address in Lewis: 7 Crossbost,
Son of Roderick Macaulay
Service unit: 25th Australian Imperial Forces
Service number: 1967
Date of death: 29 July 1916 at the age of 36
Killed in action in France
Interred: Serre Road Cemetery no 2, Beaumont Hamel, Plot XIII, row M, grave 12
Local memorial: North Lochs, Crossbost
Height: 5 ft 3¾ in
Complexion: Fair
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Religious denomination: Presbyterian
Occupation / trade: Labourer
Joined up in Brisbane, Queensland
Date of attestation: 29 July 1916
Age at attestation: 34 years 9 months
George appears in the 1891 census, aged 10, the son of Roderick (51) and Mary (35), and brother of Roderick (8), Norman (7), Anabella (3) and Mary (6 months).
His brother Norman served in the RNR and survived the war.
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