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Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)
Birth:
February 3, 1892
Brandon, Manitoba
Death:
August 26, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of S. J. and Laura Harris McKee, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William Carey McKee
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Commemorative Plaque
Memorial Plaque commemorating barristers and students, members of the Alberta law society, who died while serving in the First World War. -
Photo of William Carey Mckee
University of Manitoba Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Winnipeg, 1923. Roll of the Fallen (pg. 22) - McKEE, William Carey: Arts '13; Enlisted Feb. 1916; Lieut. 196th Battn.; Transferred to 1st C.M.R.; Service in France; Killed in Action 26-8-18. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Free Press Prairie Farmer newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Carey McKee
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Carey McKee
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Carey McKee
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Carey McKee
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Carey McKee
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Carey McKee
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 460 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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