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WALTER FREEMAN McMAHON 



Killed in France, August 28, 1918 



This Association has sustained a great 

 loss in the death of Walter Freeman 

 McMahon, who formerly occupied the 

 position of Chief Clerk in our New York 

 office. 



Mr. McMahon left his duties here to go 

 into camp on March 15, 1918, and in less 

 than sixty days his company was ordered 

 to France. He saw much active service 

 in the trenches, where he was connected 

 with a machine-gun squad. Because of 

 his knowledge and experience in outdoor 

 life, he was quickly chosen for the 

 dangerous position of scout for his pla- 

 toon. It was while on a desperate 

 mission, alone, in No-Man's Land that 



he met his death from the bullet of a 

 German sniper. 



Mr. McMahon was born in Chelsea, 

 Mass., in 1889. He early developed a 

 great interest in natural history. For two 

 years he served as secretary to Edward 

 H. Forbush, and for a year as Secretary 

 of the Massachusetts Fish and Game 

 Protective Association. This latter posi- 

 tion he resigned to come with the National 

 Association in January, 1917. 



In addition to being one of the most 

 promising of the young ornithologists, he 

 was a writer, speaker, and artist of 

 ability, and gave great promise of useful- 

 ness in the cause of wild-life conservation. 



