Lance Corporal Neil MacKay
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1880-04-29
Place of birth: Locks Parish Lewis Rosshire Scotland
Next of kin: Mrs. M. E. MacKay (wife), PO Box 86, Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Newspaperman & Real Estate
Address:
Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-09-27
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, IV. E. 20.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 430007
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
(31st Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private (Army).
- Lance Corporal, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded in the actions at St Eloi, Belgium, 4th April 1916
Commemoration location: Prince Rupert Cenotaph; Prince Rupert Presbyterian Church
Awards
Military Medal
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 80730
Uploader's Notes:
previously served in 68th Reg't PRLI (active militia, Prince Rupert). Attestation papers spell the surname McKay; Neil signed his name Mackay.
Military Medal
Uploader's Research notes: Info from the war diary and attestation papers. This man is on the CWGC site. [Private Army Canadian Engineers 3rd Pioneer Battalion Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion B Company Military Medal ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-08-24