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Private ROBERT McKAY

Service Number: 6763
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

"D" Coy. 4th Regt.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ

XV. N. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Jane McKay, of Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand. Born in Greenock, Scotland. Served in German West Africa.
  • Personal Inscription KILLED IN ACTION UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 7661
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