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Private ALEXANDER JOHN MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 6 Melbost
Service: 1st Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 2818320
Date of death: 18 July 1942 at the age of 28
Died of malaria in Assam
Interred: Imphal War Cemetery, grave 9. G. 4

Radio Officer IAN MACFARLANE MACLEOD
Last address in Lewis: 7 Melbost
Service: Merchant Navy, SS Accrington.
Date of death: 5 March 1944 at the age of 20
Died of appendicitis on board ship
Was transferred from Clan MacInnes
Mentioned on family gravestone in Eye Cemetery, Lewis
Local memorial: Lewis War Memorial
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Sergeant (Pilot) DONALD MALCOLM MACFARLANE
Last address in Lewis: 15 Melbost
Service: Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve, 405 RCAF Sqdn
Service number: 1108340
Date of death: 15 April 1942 at the age of 24
Killed in action during bombing of Cologne
Interred: Rheinberg War Cemetery, coll. grave 1. C. 22-24
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