Private NORMAN MACFARLANE
Last address in Lewis: 9 Aird Tong,
Son of the late Alexander and Mary MacFarlane.
Service unit: 8th Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Service number: 438413
Date of death: 23 June 1917 at the age of 33
Died in Quebec
Interred: Winnipeg (Brookside Cemetery), grave Mil. 67.
Local memorial: Back
Date of birth: 4 April 1884
Height: 5 ft 8¼ in
Complexion: Medium
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Brown
Religion: Presbyterian
Trade / occupation: Carpenter
Volunteered at Port Arthur on 1 April 1915
Norman is shown in the 1891 census as a 6-year old scholar at home with his parents Alexander (40) and Mary (36) as well as his siblings Maggie (8), Norman (6), Annie (4) and Alexander (3 months). A decade later, the family also includes two brothers named John (aged 7 and 4). Mary, by then aged 45, is listed as head of the household.
His brothers Alex and John also served in the war, in the RNR and Seaforths respectively, and survived.
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