McMillan, Dugald (Dougall)

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Category: 1917-18

Dugald (Dougall) McMillan

Argylls

9th Batt. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
He is remembered with honour on the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing (Louverval Memorial), the Park Church Roll of Honour, and Helensburgh War Memorial, Column 3 Line 18.

The family home was 88, West Clyde Street and then 52, West Princes Street, Helensburgh. The son of Archibald and Rachel McMillan.
Siblings: Dugald had three sisters, Harriet, Helen and Andrana and one brother, Hamilton, who fought with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and survived the war.
 Dugald McMillan was born and brought up in Helensburgh where his father was a plumber. On leaving school, he was apprenticed to J.W.McCulloch as a house painter. He was a member of the local pipe band.
Dugald joined the local Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders with his brother, Hamilton. Hamilton was gassed but survived the war.
Dugald was killed in action at the Battle of Cambrai at the age of 25. His remains were not recovered.