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Jun 28, 1884
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Born in Argyllshire, Scotland
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Jun 3, 1911
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Embarked the SS Scotian in
Glasgow, Scotland
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Jun 11, 1911
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Disembarked in Montreal,
Quebec and proceeded to Renfrew, Ontario
Shortly after his arrival in
Renfrew, Hugh MacKeachan joined the Renfrew Pipe Band
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Dec 18, 1914
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Attested into the 21st
Battalion CEF in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59620
(temporary number 1189)
Ø Next of kin given
as Mrs. Jane MacKeachan, mother, Ballygrant, Islay, Argyllshire, Scotland
Ø Previous occupation
given as Fireman
Ø No previous
military experience given
Ø Religion given as
Presbyterian
Ø Assigned to the
Depot Company
o Later assigned to
“B” Company
o Employed in the
battalion’s Pipe Band
The battalion trained in the
Kingston area through the winter with headquarters in the Kingston Armouries
Hugh MacKeachan was a member
of the Pipe Band that escorted the volunteers from Renfrew, Ontario to
Kingston for enlistment and was enticed to stay and join the battalion
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Feb 13, 1915
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Admitted to the Kingston
Military Hospital with a diagnosis that reads Influenza
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Feb 18, 1915
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Discharged to duty from
hospital
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama in
Montreal, Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Devonport,
England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe,
Kent to continue training
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St. Seiriol in
Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Boulogne,
France and the battalion proceeded to St. Omer
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Oct 4, 1916
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Attached to the Divisional Mule
Fatigue in Albert for duty
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Oct 15, 1916
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Rejoined the battalion from
fatigue duty
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Jan 5, 1917
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Granted 10 days leave
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Jan 24, 1917
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Rejoined the battalion from
leave after a 4 day extension was granted
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May 1, 1917
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After being admitted to the Military
Hospital in Wimereux with chest pain, he was invalided to England aboard the
Hospital Ship St Denis
On arrival in England he was admitted
to the Gravesend Military Hospital in Chatham with a diagnosis that reads DAH
(Disordered Activity of the Heart).
This was later changed to read Myalgia
Posted to the EORD (Eastern Ontario
Regimental Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital
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May 12, 1917
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Transferred to the Rust Hall
Hospital, Tunbridge Wells and Rheumatism is added to the diagnosis
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May 24, 1917
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Transferred to the Fort Pitt
Military Hospital in Chatham
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Jun 13, 1917
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Transferred to the Canadian
Convalescent Hospital in Wood Cote Park, Epsom
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Jul 6, 1917
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Transferred to the King’s
Canadian Red Cross Hospital in Bushy Park and the diagnosis changed to read Tachycardia
On admission, he was
complaining of palpitations, vertigo, pain in back and legs, excessive fatigue
on exertion and profuse sweating.
He is noted as being very
nervous and has tremors of the extremities
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Sep 5, 1917
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Discharged from hospital and granted
12 days leave with orders to report to the EORD Depot in Seaford on
completion of leave
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Nov 1, 1917
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Transferred to the CFC
(Canadian Forestry Corps) and reported to the CFCBD (Canadian Forestry Corps
Base Depot) in Sunningdale
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Nov 8, 1917
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Transferred to the 129th
Company, District 51 CFC in Nairn, Scotland for duty
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Nov 23, 1918
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Transferred to the CFC Base
Depot in Sunningdale, England
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Nov 29, 1918
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Medical Board in Sunningdale
notes:
Ø General condition
poor
Ø Patient is anemic
and poorly nourished
Ø Suffers from
uncontrolled tremors in hands
Ø Complains of chest
pain on exertion
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Dec 6, 1918
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Attached to the CDD (Canadian
Discharge Depot) in Buxton pending return to Canada
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Dec 12, 1918
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Embarked the SS Northland in
Liverpool
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Dec 26, 1918
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova
Scotia and proceeded to Kingston, Ontario where he was TOS the Casualty
Company
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Dec 27, 1918
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Granted leave with subsistence
until January 11, 1919
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Jan 28, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in
Kingston, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge
Private
Ø War Service Badge
Class “A” issued
Ø Proposed residence
on discharge Renfrew, Ontario
Following his discharge the
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him in
Renfrew
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From
the summer issue of the Communiqué
the 21st Battalion Association post war newsletter
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May 16, 1945
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Listed on the Canadian Voter’s
list as a farmer in Butte, Alberta
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Nov 6, 1967
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Hugh MacKeachan died while a
patient in the National Defence Medical Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
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