Private DONALD JOHN MACASKILL
Last address in Harris: 9B Kyles Scalpay
Son of John and Kirsty Macaskill
Service unit: 72nd Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Service number: 2138850
Date of death: 5 November 1918 at the age of 28
Interred: Auberchicourt British Cemetery, grave I. BB. 6.
Drafted at Nelson BC, Canada on 26 November 1917
Address: Sendon BC, Canada
Date of birth: 16 December 1889
Religion: Presbyterian
Trade: Labourer
Height: 5 ft 5 in
Complexion: Dark
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Dark brown
Donald John appears in the 1901 census, aged 13, the son of John (42, crofter) and Christy A (35), and eldest brother of Alexander (11), John (9), Donald (7), Christy A (5), Mary (3) and John (4 months). The family at that time is at 26 Kyles Scalpay.
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