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Private JOHN SIMPSON MACKAY

Service Number: 203309
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY

XVIII. E. 9.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Mackay, of 1, Sefton Terrace, Rutherglen, Glasgow. Native of Alves, Morayshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR GOD AND RIGHT AND LIBERTY
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Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 4760
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