John Strachan
Rank: Private
Service No: 15138
Place of Birth: Dunfermline
Date of Death: 4/11/1918
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders (1st Bn)
Cemetery: Mazinghien Communal Cemetery
Additional information: Son of Mrs Jessie Mawhinnie (formerly Strachan) of 51 Chapel Street, Rutherglen. Native of Dunfermline.
Soldier’s Effects information: Mother Jessie Mawhinnie
1901 census information:
Address: 36 Carnegie Street, Dunfermline.
Father: John (30) slater and chimney sweeper, born about 1871 in Milnarthort
Mother: Janet (27) born about 1874 in Glasgow.
Sister: Cecilia (9) born about 1892 in Dunfermline.
Sister: Jessie (5) born about 1896 in Dunfermline.
Self: John (2) born about 1899 in Dunfermline.
Brother: David (4 days) born about 1901 in Dunfermline.