Lisburn Young Defenders parading Barastre village and visit Barastre Cemetery were we held a short service at the grave of Major Doctor Campbell McNeill McCormack MC 2 Bars, were some members laid a wreath in his memory. The villagers gave us a lovely reception and refreshments in their hall before the parade.
Dr Major Campbell McNeill McCormack from Hillhall was 27 when he died after a shell hit his shelter in France on September 22, 1918 - less than two months before the end of the conflict.
Even more poignantly the news of his death reached his family in Lisburn on October 25, 1918 - the same day his wife of one year gave birth to their still born child.
Dr McCormack was a member of the 5th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps. He went to Carr, Ballymacbrennan National Schools, Lisburn Intermediate School and Wallace High School before studying medicine at Queen's. He qualified in June 1914. While in OTC in Queen's he was awarded for the best shot in his company and won four bronze medals for training.
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