b. 19/05/1871 India. d. 19/09/1918 Calcutta, India.
DATE OF AM ACTION: 09/04/1918 Keonjhar, India.
David was born in India in 1871, the son of John and Eliza MacMillan (nee Atkinson). On 7th October 1910, he married Grace Jones in Bombay, India, and she was presented with his posthumous Albert Medal after his death.
AM CITATION:
On the 9th April 1918, a serious fire broke out in the residential quarter of the town of Keonjhar Garh, in the Feudatory State of Keonjhar, India. Nearly all the men were absent at work, and a panic arose among the women and children. Mr. MacMillan at once hastened to the scene of the fire, organised parties for fighting it, and by his personal efforts and direction brought it under control. When his work was nearly finished a burning roof fell in upon four men who were assisting to extinguish the fire. Regardless of his own safety, Mr. MacMillan at once entered the building, which was full of smoke and flame, and rescued all four men, one of whom was severely burned. Mr. MacMillan was serously injured, and died on the 19th September following.
BURIAL LOCATION: BURIED IN CALCUTTA, INDIA.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.