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Corporal WILLIAM DAVID McKINLAY

Service Number: 4/1978
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Engineers

1st Coy.

Date of Death

Died 12 April 1918

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

VI. B. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of David and Euphemia McKinlay, of Scotland.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1392
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