Donald Currie, Eochar, South Uist

Private DONALD CURRIE
Last known address in South Uist: Eochar
Nephew of John Macdonald, of Eochar, South Uist
Service unit: 1st Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Service number: 3127
Enlisted at Inverness
Date of death: 9 May 1915 at the age of 38
Killed in action
Memorial: Le Touret Memorial, panel 41 and 42
Local memorial: South Uist

Donald appears in the 1881 census of South Uist at Ardnamie, aged 5, the son of Alexander (50) and Catherine (43) and brother of Angus (7). A decade later, he is an agricultural labourer, and we see Donald's elder sister Ann (then aged 19) at the house.

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