Private JOHN MACDONALD
Last address in Lewis: 6 Aird Tong,
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John MacDonald, of 6, Aird Tong, Stornoway, Ross-shire.
Service unit: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7063
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 17 March 1915 at the age of 22
Died of wounds
Interred: Wimereux Communal Cemetery, grave I. E. 5.
Local memorial: Back
John is shown on the 1901 census as a 7-year old, living with his father John (48, crofter and fisherman) as well as his siblings Alex (17), Norman (5), Anne (14) and Jessie (11).
His brother Norman served in the RNR but survived the war.
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