Private ANGUS MACKINNON
Last address in Lewis: 19 Melbost,
Son of Mrs Catherine MacKinnon, of 19, Melbost, Stornoway, Scotland.
Service unit: 28th Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Service number: 74345
Date of death: 15 June 1916 at the age of 25
Killed in action
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 18 - 26 - 28
Local memorial: Branahuie / Melbost
Date of birth: 25 November 1882
Height: 5 ft 9 in
Complexion: Ruddy
Eyes: Gray
Hair: Brown
Religion: Presbyterian
Trade / occupation: Labourer
Volunteered at Winnipeg on 13 January 1915
Angus is shown in the 1891 census, aged 10 days, with his parents Norman (56, a farm grieve), Catherine (40) and his older siblings Donald (17), Allan (15), Mary (12), Hugh (9), Murdo (5) and Christina (2).
His brother Hugh also served with the Canadian Army, but was a prisoner-of-war in Germany.
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