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Gordon Young Macfarlane

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Gordon's medal index card courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Brechin
  • Service no: 240161
  • Rank: Sergeant
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards: Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 4th/5th Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 24
  • Date of Death: 31.07.1917
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: panel 37

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Edinburgh
  • Address:
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Mary Amelia Thomson Macfarlane

  • Father:

    Robert Macfarlane

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More about Gordon Young Macfarlane

For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour, but is remembered on the Forfarshire Chricket Club, Broughty Ferry, Roll of Honour.

Information supplied by Gary Thomson

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