NAIRN - SCOTLAND
Nairn is a town and former burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland.
Private Hugh MackIntosh FORBES 368
Born: Ardclach, Nairn, Scotland
Enlisted: 27-4-1916, Maryborough, Queensland
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Farmer
2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Departed Australia 19-9-1915 from Melbourne, Victoria
Killed in Action 17-7-1918, France aged 36years
Son of John and Sophia Forbes, of Nairn, Scotland.
Resting: Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Picardie, France
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 175
Born: Ardclach, Nairn, Scotland
Enlisted: 27-4-1916, Maryborough, Queensland
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Farmer
2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Departed Australia 19-9-1915 from Melbourne, Victoria
Killed in Action 17-7-1918, France aged 36years
Son of John and Sophia Forbes, of Nairn, Scotland.
Resting: Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Picardie, France
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 175
Private William FRASER 3687
Born: Nairn, Scotland Enlisted: 27-9-1915, Brisbane, Queensland Occupation prior to Enlistment: Linesman 25th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 3-1-1916 Killed in Action 5-11-1916, France Honoured: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 104 |
Lance Corporal James MacMILLAN 878
Born: Carridale, Scotland Enlisted: 28-12-1915, Toowoomba, Queensland Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer 42nd Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 5-6-1916 Killed in Action 4-10-1917, Belgium aged 29years Son of Donald and Elspat McMillan, of 4, Portland Terrace, Nairn, Scotland. Resting: Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 135 |
Private Alexander McCULLOCH 1011
Born: Nairn, Scotland Enlisted: 24-6-1915, Balckboy Hill, Western Australia Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer 32nd Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 18-12-1915 Killed in Action 19-7-1916, France aged 35years Son of William and Marjory McCulloch. Honoured: VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 120 |
Lance Corporal William ROSS 973
Born: Nairn, Scotland Enlisted: 23-9-1914, Sydney, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Fireman 2nd Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 18-10-1914 Killed in Action 8-8-1915, Gallipoli, Turkey Son of Ann Ross, Woodside, Tradespark, Nairn, Scotland Honoured: Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 34 |
Private James SMITH 2786
Born: Alyter, Morayshire, Scotland Enlisted: 31-7-1915, Melbourne, Victoria Occupation prior to Enlistment: Farm Hand 59th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 27-10-1915 Killed in Action 19-7-1916 France aged 25years Son of Alexander & Elizabeth Smith, Raithboan Farm, Nairn Scotland Honoured: VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 168 |
Lance Corporal Alexander SPENCE 1420
Born: Nairn, Scotland Enlisted: 20-11-1914, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia Occupation prior to Enlistment: Miner 11th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 22-12-1915 Died 20-8-1916, France Son of Alexander & Catherine Spence, 5 Spence St., Nairn, Scotland Honoured: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 64 |