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Military service
Service number:
F/44902
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 23, 1922
Truro, Nova Scotia
Death:
September 29, 1944
Caen, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8. A. 9.
Additional information
Son of William R. and Kathleen MacKay, of Springville, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Brother of Ernest.
Private MacKay with his troup of Scouts, formed part of an Honour Guard for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth when they visited New Glasgow, Nova Scotia during the Royal Tour of 1939.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 373 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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