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Military service
Service number:
H/19344
Age:
24
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Death:
September 13, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 12.
Additional information
Son of James Albert McKay, and of Laura Jane McKay, of Lac Du Bonnet, Manitoba. Brother of John Albert McKay who died on July 21, 1944 while serving with Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada and brother of Hugh Robert McKay who died on February 20, 1944 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force
Digital gallery of Sergeant Alexander Allen McKay
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Entrance
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Group Photo
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada Alexander Allen McKay pictured in the front row, centre. My grandfather, William James Sydney Pratt is pictured in the back row, second from the right. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander Allen McKay
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander Allen McKay
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander Allen McKay
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander Allen McKay
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander Allen McKay
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander Allen McKay
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander Allen McKay
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander Allen McKay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 387 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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