Chief Warrant Officer ALEX MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 7 Newvalley,
Son of Margaret MacDonald, of 7, Newvalley, Laxdale by Stornoway, Ross-shire.
Born at Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Pembroke
Service number: 11708DA
Date of birth: 9 August 1882
Date of death: 1 January 1919 at the age of 40
Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire, was never found
Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 32
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
Joined the Australian Navy at the outbreak of war. Served as a signaller at the Dardanelles. Afterwards was mine sweeping on the Nova Scotian coast. Was at Halifax at the time of the great explosion.
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