Angus Mackay, 9 Callanish

Sergeant ANGUS MACKAY
Last address in Lewis: 9 Callanish,
Son of Kenneth and Mary MacKay, of Northside Callanish, Stornoway
Husband of Sarah J. MacKay, of 2,124, Venables St., Vancouver, British Columbia.
Service unit: 72nd Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Service number: 129341
Date of death: 9 August 1918 at the age of 39
Died of wounds in France
Interred: Hillside Cemetery, Le Quesnel, grave I. A. 3
Local memorial: East Loch Roag, Callanish

Date of birth: 8 July 1877
Height: 5 ft 4¼ in
Complexion: Dark
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Religion: Presbyterian
Trade / occupation: Laundryman
Marital status: Married
Next of kin: SJ Mackay, Wife, of 231 36th Ave E, Vancouver
Volunteered at Vancouver on 9 September 1915 

Angus appears in the 1891 census at Callanish, aged 18, the son of  Kenneth (58) and Mary (57) and brother of Alexander (13).

His brother John was a sergeant-major in the Cameron Highlanders and survived the war. 

Stornoway Gazette, 13 September 1918
Sergt-Major Mackay, 9 Callanish, has received information from France that his brother, Sergt. Angus Mackay, 72nd Canadian Infantry, has died from wounds received in action, on 9th August. Sergt Mackay, who enlisted in Vancouver in 1915, came over to England and on going to France was wounded in the first battle of the Somme. Returning to England again he was acting gymnastic instructor until last June, when he was again sent to France. Angus served 11 years in the Regular Army with the Camerons, and he was through the South African Campaign, 1900-1902, and was in possession of the Queen's Medal. His Captain wrote:

"Your brother was an excellent soldier much respected by his comrades and his death is very keenly felt by every member of his battalion".