Alan Burns Macalister
Parents
- William McAllister1860–1936
- Elizabeth McKay1863–1949
Spouses
- Margaret Bruce Peterson1897–1983
Children
- Margaret Ainslie Macalister1920–1983
- Ngaire Elizabeth Macalisterb. 1923
- Josephine Ross Macalisterb. 1926
- Josephine Ross Macalisterb. 1926
- Alayne Barbara Macalister1930–2017
- Living Macalisterliving
- Robin Mary Macalister1931–2016
- Josephine Macalister
- Josephine Macalister
Research findings
- Military_service: Alan Burns Macalister — WW1 service, Gallipoli (briefly), dysentery
Earlier this session a Haiku agent ran Papers Past + Online Cenotaph searches for 'Alan Macalister' (no middle name) and reported NO WW1 service. That was a false negative — the cause was a tool-usage bug — I plumbed ged4py's name.first (first token only) into the agent prompt instead of name.given (full given name). The GEDCOM has 'Alan Burns Macalister' correctly recorded.. Lesson: when GEDCOM lacks a middle name and the search fails, ask Rainer for the middle name before declaring negative. Next steps: (a) re-run Online Cenotaph search with 'Alan Burns Macalister' to retrieve the public service record + Cenotaph URL; (b) photograph/scan Rainer's family-held service file into source/documents/; (c) Papers Past with the right name.
- [S54]primary(primary)
Confidence: highDiscovered: 2026-05-30