Joseph Nixon Macrae: Difference between revisions
war diary info regarding how macrame was killed
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|died = [[18 February]] 1918
|age = 19 Years
|cause_of_death = [[Killed in action]] by [[machine gun]] fire <ref>According to the [[11th Battalion War Diary, February 1918|battalion war diary entry]], during a night raid a party of 2 officers (2nd Lieuts. Macrae and McDonald) along with 60 [[other ranks]] of {{C Company}} carry out a raid on enemy posts. At [[Zero hour]] (11pm) a heavy [[artillery]] [[barrage]] takes place for eight minutes preparatory to the advance. Right & left parties reach their objective and penetrate 150 yards behind the enemy's front system. The center party is struck by [[machine gun]] fire, which was unscathed by the barrage, and results in the death of Macrae and the wounding of one Sergeant. The result of the raid finds 12 of the enemy dead, one machine gun bombed and destroyed and one wounded prisoner brought in. Afterwards, Captain Ross in vain patrolled the area in search of Macrae's body.</ref>
|burial_type = Grave
|reference_number = IX.B.13.
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