Last address in Lewis: 2 Upper Garrabost,
Son of Donald and Mary Macdonald, of 2, Upper Garrabost, Stornoway.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMT Emley
Service number: 14142/DA
Date of birth: 3 January 1899
Date of death: 28 April 1918 at the age of 19
Ship sunk by mine
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 30
Mentioned on family gravestone in Eye Cemetery, Lewis
Local memorial: Point (Garrabost)
John is shown in the 1901 census as a 3-year old with his parents Donald (37) and Mary (29), staying with his grandparents Neil and Isabella at 2 Garrabost.
His brother Donald served in the Ross Mountain Battery and survived the war.
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