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MAJ Harold Douglas Maclachlan

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MAJ Harold Douglas Maclachlan Veteran

Birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA
Death
27 Sep 1918 (aged 29)
France
Burial
Fere-en-Tardenois, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France GPS-Latitude: 49.2017611, Longitude: 3.54815
Plot
A 28 9
Memorial ID
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Maj. Harold D. MacLachlan (q.v. McLachlan), youngest child of Rev. John McLachlan and Harriet Newell Robinson, b. circa July 1889 (1900 census) at Buffalo, NY. He d. Sept. 27, 1918 in a hospital in France of wounds suffered in combat in W.W.I.

That he was the son of the cited parents is proved by several published references.

In 1914 in a quiet ceremony at Newburgh, NY, Harold's brother Donald J. MacLachlan married his 1st wife: "The bride was attended by Miss MacShane, of Middletown, NY, and the groom by his brother, Second Lieutenant H.D. Maclachlan, U.S. Marine Corps."

The Marines' Bulletin, Vol. I, No. I, November 1918, p. 8, col. 3:
• Major Harold D. McLachlan, U.S.M.C., died in a hospital in France on September 27 [1918], according to word received by his uncle, Dr. A.C. McLachlan, principal of the Jamaica (N.Y.) Training School for Teachers. Major McLachlan formerly lived in Binghamton, N.Y.

The above notice was repeated in the New York Times with information added regarding a marriage:
• Major Harold D. McLachlan, U.S.M.C., died in a hospital in France on September 27 [1918], according to word received by his uncle, Dr. A.C. McLachlan, principal of the Jamaica (N.Y.) Training School for Teachers. Major McLachlan formerly lived in Binghamton, N.Y. About a year ago he married Miss Dorothy Chapin of Richmond Hill, L.I.

Dr. A.C. Mclachlan (q.v.) was Harold's youngest paternal uncle, Archibald Charles McLachlan. In addition, at the time of Harold's death in France, his brother, Maj. Donald J. Maclachlan of the US Army, was also in France.

11/5/2015
Maj. Harold D. MacLachlan (q.v. McLachlan), youngest child of Rev. John McLachlan and Harriet Newell Robinson, b. circa July 1889 (1900 census) at Buffalo, NY. He d. Sept. 27, 1918 in a hospital in France of wounds suffered in combat in W.W.I.

That he was the son of the cited parents is proved by several published references.

In 1914 in a quiet ceremony at Newburgh, NY, Harold's brother Donald J. MacLachlan married his 1st wife: "The bride was attended by Miss MacShane, of Middletown, NY, and the groom by his brother, Second Lieutenant H.D. Maclachlan, U.S. Marine Corps."

The Marines' Bulletin, Vol. I, No. I, November 1918, p. 8, col. 3:
• Major Harold D. McLachlan, U.S.M.C., died in a hospital in France on September 27 [1918], according to word received by his uncle, Dr. A.C. McLachlan, principal of the Jamaica (N.Y.) Training School for Teachers. Major McLachlan formerly lived in Binghamton, N.Y.

The above notice was repeated in the New York Times with information added regarding a marriage:
• Major Harold D. McLachlan, U.S.M.C., died in a hospital in France on September 27 [1918], according to word received by his uncle, Dr. A.C. McLachlan, principal of the Jamaica (N.Y.) Training School for Teachers. Major McLachlan formerly lived in Binghamton, N.Y. About a year ago he married Miss Dorothy Chapin of Richmond Hill, L.I.

Dr. A.C. Mclachlan (q.v.) was Harold's youngest paternal uncle, Archibald Charles McLachlan. In addition, at the time of Harold's death in France, his brother, Maj. Donald J. Maclachlan of the US Army, was also in France.

11/5/2015

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