Corporal Donald McKay
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1884-05-26
Place of birth: Keiss Caithness Scotland
Next of kin: uncle,James Mowat, Keiss,Caithness.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Tailor
Occupation (normalized): Tailor, Made-to-Measure Garments
Address:
Vernon, British Columbia
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, A. 4.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 703620
Highest Rank:
Corporal
(102nd Battalion)
Rank detail
Corporal, 102nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack South East of SOUCHEZ
Commemoration location: Page 284 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 618554
LAC ID:
165655
Service file: B6923-S016
Uploader's Notes: Son of Donald McKay. Native of Keiss, Wick, Caithness, Scotland. preious service-48th Regt
Uploader's Research notes:
102nd Battalion Nominal Roll
Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948" database
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-09-11