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KNOCKIANDIJE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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>_ 12 MACRAE— MURDO, Seaforths ; wounded so severely that right leg
was amputated. (Son of Mr Roderick Macrae, Habost).
14 MACAULAY— COLIN, Camerons. KENNETH, R.N.R. (Sons of
Mi Alex. Macaulay).
14 MACAULAY— DONALD, R.N.R. MURDO, R.N.R. (Sons of Mr
Colin Macaulay).
14 MACIVER— ANGUS, R.N.R. (Son of the late Mr Donald MaclVer).
15 MACKENZIE— DONALD, Canadians; was wounded and conse-
quently discharged. ALEXANDER, Canadians. MURDO,
R.N.R. JOHN, R.N.R. (All sons of the late Mr Kenneth
Mackenzie) .
15 MACDONALD— DONALD, R.N.R. (Son of the late Mr John
Macdonald) .
MACKENZIE— DONALD RODERICK, Canadians; enlisted in
Vancouver, B.C., Oct., 1914; was twice wounded and shell
shocked. (Only son of the late Mr Donald Mackenzie and Mrs
Mackenzie, Knockiandue).
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SMITH— *KODERICK, 7th Camerons; wounded in the right hand,
which necessitated the amputation of one of his fingers. After
recovery, engaged as a clerk behind the lines. Died in field
ambulance on the way to hospital from wounds received in
action around Ypres, 28th July, 1917, aged 24- Was engaged
in the drapery trade in South Wales before joining up. (Son
of Mr Angus Smith).
L A X A Y.
1 MACLEOD— MURDO, R.N.R. (Son of the late Mr John Macleod).
2 MACLEOD— JOHN, Corpl., Canadians. MURDO, Canadians.
KENNETH, Canadians. (Sons of Mr Malcolm Macleod).
3 MACDONALD— DONALD, Seaforths. (Son of the late Mr John
Macdonald) .
4 MORRISON— JOHN, R.N.R. KENNETH; wounded in the right
hand at Festubert, and in the leg in one of the battles on the
Somme. (.Sons of the late Mr Angus Morrison).
5 MACKENZIE— ALEXANDER, Seaforths. (Son of the late Mr
Colin Mackenzie).
6 MACKENZIE— ANGUS, Sergt., Seaforths; gassed at Ypres and
discharged in consequence. (Son of Mr Malcolm Mackenzie)
7 MATHESON— GEORGE, Australian Engineers; wounded. 'Son
of the late Mr Murdo Matheson).
7 MACKENZIE— GEORGE, R.N.R. (Son of the late Mr Colin
Mackenzie).
8 MACKENZIE — *ANGUS, Camerons; died of wounds received at
Loos on 4th Oct., 1915, aged 21. Had been in hospital in
winter of 1914 suffering from frost-bite. (Son of the late Mr
John Mackenzie).
8 MACKENZIE— ALEXANDER, R.N.R.; rescued from H.M.S.
"Hermes." (Son of Mr Colin Mackenzie).
9 MACIVER— *ANGUS, Cpl., Canadian Engineers; shot through the
heart, and killed instantaneously while giving an order in the
trenches in France, on the night of 10th Aug., 1916, aged 35-
(Son of Mr Angus Maciver).
11 MACIVER— CATHERINE, Nurse; served in military hospital,
Wrest Park, Bedford, and afterwards in France in St. John's
Brigade Ambulance Hospital. While at Wrest Park Nurse
Maciver received a presentation from the staff and a testimonial
from the late Lord Lucas for services rendered in getting patients
removed when the hospital took fire. (Daughter of Mr John
Maciver).
12 MACIVER— RODERICK, R.N.R. COLIN, Canadian Engineers.
*DONALD, Corporal, 1st Scottish Rifles; was awarded D.C.M.
"for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During an
enemy attack he observed a party of the enemy advancing to a
farmhouse which commanded the posts held by his Company.
He at once moved his Section forward to a position covering
the entrances to the house. He beat back several enemy
attacks by the well-controlled fire of his Section, and his
prompt action and initiative materially assisted his Company
m holding their giound." Died of wounds in France, 23rd
September, 1918 ; aged 27 years. (Sons of late Mr Murdo
Maciver).
13a MACIVER— DONALD, C.S.M., Seaforths; awarded the Military
Medal for bravery in taking command when all the officers of
the battalion had been knocked out. Was wounded in the leg
but recovered. (Son of Mr Donald Maciver).
13b MACIVER— HECTOR, Corporal, Canadians. (Son of the late Mr
John Maciver).
14 MACKENZIE— DONALD, Master Mariner, Mercantile Marine.
♦ALEXANDER, Sergeant., Australians; wounded and taken
prisoner, April, 1917; died of wounds in Germany, June, 1917;
aged 35 years. (Sons of Mr Malcolm Mackenzie).
15 MACKENZIE— DONALD, R.N.R. (Son of the late Mr Malcolm
Mackenzie).
16 MACLEOD— JOHN, R.N.R., a survivor from H.M.S. "Hermes,"
torpedoed at the beginning of the war. A year afterwards his
ship was again torpedoed, and he was taken as a prisoner on
board a German submarine, but was set free on the approach of

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