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McINNES, Lachlan
(Service number 58575)

Aliases	MacINNES; Lachlin
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	09/01/1880	Place of Birth	Sleat, Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date	21 May 1917	Age	37 years 4 months
Address at Enlistment	Elloughton Grange, Timaru
Occupation	Shepherd
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Angus McINNES (father), 4 Calligarry Ardvasar, Sleat, Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Also Donald GRANT (friend), Elloughton Grange, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6 inches. Weight 137 lbs. Chest measurement 34½-37 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated (left). Good bodily & mental health. No slight defecs. No fits.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	29th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	15 August 1917
Transport	Ruahine
Embarked From		Destination	Glasgow, Scotland

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western Front
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	15 August 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	3 September 1962	Age	82 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 4 September 1962
Memorial or Cemetery	Fairlie Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Lachlan McINNES was the son of Angus and Kate (née KELLY) McINNES of Sleat, Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Born on 9 January 1880 at Sleat, Lanchlan came to New Zealand in about 1908. .

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 June 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5544 0073825) [14 June 2016]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) 13 June 2016]; 1881, 1891, 1901 Scotland census returns (ancestry.com.au) [17 June 2016]; Timaru Herald, 4 September 1962 (Timaru District Library) [20 June 2016]

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