Private in 49th Bn Canadian Infantry. Service No: 425150
VIMY MEMORIAL
Son of David and Agnes Turner MacMillan, of Lamloch, Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
DuRuvigny Roll of Honour:
MACMILLAN, WILLIAM M'CALL. Pri-
vate, No. 425150, 49th Battn. Canadian
Infantry, Canadian Expeditionarv Force,
eldest s. Of David MacMillan, late of Changue
Barr, co. Ayr, of 125, Wellington Crescent,
Winnipeg, Canada, by his wife, Agnes Turner
(19, Argyle Place, Edinburgh), dau. of John
McCulloch, of Laggan, Ballantrae ;
and
brother to Private Ian MacMillan (q.v.) ;
b. Barr, co. Ayr, 10 Aug. 1890; educ. Barr
and Girvan Academies ; went to Canada in
1912, and entered the Bank of Ottawa, Winni-
peg, also at Dauphin ; volunteered for
active service soon after the outbreak of war,
and joined the Canadian Infantry in May,
1915 ; served with the Expeditionary Force
in France and Flanders from April, 1916 ;
was reported wounded and missing after the
fighting at the Battle of the Somme 8 Oct.
following, and is now assumed to have been
killed in action on or about that date; unm.
CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1571420/william-mccall-macmillan/ Of the 437 Fortyniners that went into action on the attack on Regina Trench on the 8th October 1916, only 226 came out. The rest were killed or wounded in a fateful attack.
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