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Military service
Service number:
335081
Age:
19
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
52nd Bty. 10th Bde.
Birth:
August 3, 1898
Death:
September 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. I.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Dugald McKechnie, of Durham, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Gunner Percy McKechnie
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Photo of Percy McKechnie
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave Marker
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Photo of PERCY MCKECHNIE
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Gunner Percy McKechnie
Digital gallery of
Gunner Percy McKechnie
Digital gallery of
Gunner Percy McKechnie
Digital gallery of
Gunner Percy McKechnie
Digital gallery of
Gunner Percy McKechnie
Digital gallery of
Gunner Percy McKechnie
Digital gallery of
Gunner Percy McKechnie
Digital gallery of
Gunner Percy McKechnie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 460 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Valley Cemetery lies south of Vis-en-Artois, some 12 kilometres south-east of Arras on the D939 road. From Vis-en-Artois take the D9 towards Cherisy for 1.5 kilometres, then take a track towards the cemetery on your left.
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