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Military service
Service number:
H/19432
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Death:
July 21, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. G. 4.
Additional information
Son of James Albert McKay, and of Laura Jane McKay, of Lac Du Bonnet, Manitoba. Brother of Alexander Allen McKay who died on September 13, 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
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Newspaper Clipping
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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 -
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Document
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private John Albert McKay
Digital gallery of
Private John Albert McKay
Digital gallery of
Private John Albert McKay
Digital gallery of
Private John Albert McKay
Digital gallery of
Private John Albert McKay
Digital gallery of
Private John Albert McKay
Digital gallery of
Private John Albert McKay
Digital gallery of
Private John Albert McKay
Digital gallery of
Private John Albert McKay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 387 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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