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Military service
Service number:
8480
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
July 11, 1895
Death:
March 2, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Only son of Allen Cameron MacKay and Margaret J. MacKay, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Allan Cameron MacKay
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Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Section 1 of a clipping from page 1 of the Renfrew Mercury for 2 April 1915. -
Newspaper Clipping (2)
Section 2 of a clipping from page 1 of the Renfrew Mercury for 2 April 1915. -
Newspaper Clipping (3)
Section 3 of a clipping from page 1 of the Renfrew Mercury for 2 April 1915. -
Newspaper Clipping (4)
Letter in the Renfrew Mercury for 9 April 1915 describing the death of Cameron Mackay. -
Newspaper Clipping 5
From the Perth Courier for 2 April 1915. -
Newspaper Clipping 6
Letter published in the Perth Courier for 2 April 1915 referring to the death of Cameron MacKay. -
Roll of Honour
Pte. William Allan Cameron MacKay's name was included on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. He indicated on his military attestation that he was a bank clerk. He volunteered to serve early in the war and signed his military attestation on September 22nd, 1914 at Valcartier Camp, Quebec. He was a member of the historic First Canadian Contingent. Source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included the Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses. -
Name on the Roll of Honour
Detail of Pte. William Allan Cameron MacKay's name on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Allan Cameron MacKay
Digital gallery of
Private William Allan Cameron MacKay
Digital gallery of
Private William Allan Cameron MacKay
Digital gallery of
Private William Allan Cameron MacKay
Digital gallery of
Private William Allan Cameron MacKay
Digital gallery of
Private William Allan Cameron MacKay
Digital gallery of
Private William Allan Cameron MacKay
Digital gallery of
Private William Allan Cameron MacKay
Digital gallery of
Private William Allan Cameron MacKay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 26 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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