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Private Kevin Thomas McKay

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Military service

Service number: A73 764 616
Age: 24
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Division: 1st Battalion
Birth: February 28, 1986 Richmond Hill, Ontario
Enlistment: August 9, 2007 Ontario
Death: May 13, 2010

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Son of Frederick Charles and Elizabeth Clare McKay of Barrie, Ontario. Brother of Riley James McKay.

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery.

The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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