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Military service
Service number:
14741
Age:
33
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
407 (Maritime Reconnaissance) Squadron
Birth:
March 31, 1919
Dauphin, Manitoba
Enlistment:
July 13, 1949
Manitoba
Death:
November 24, 1952
Comox, British Columbia
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
S.W. Corner, Section 14-39-26, Plot 3, Row 4
Additional information
Son of the late Freeman and Margaret (nee Lawrence) McKay of Birch River, Manitoba. Husband of Mary (née Townsend) McKay and father of Frederick and Laura McKay of Birch River, Manitoba. Brother of James, Robert, Kenneth and Jean McKay.
A Lancaster Cairn Ceremony will be held at Base Comox Air Park on 1 June 2008 to honour the 7 crewmembers who lost their lives when Lancaster KB940 crashed at Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Station Comox on 24 November 1952. Family members from across Canada as well as members of the 407 Squadron, VIP and the press are invited to the ceremony.
Digital gallery of Corporal Freeman Archibald McKay
Digital gallery of
Corporal Freeman Archibald McKay
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BIRCH RIVER (CRANDALL) CEMETERY Manitoba, Canada
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