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James Keay

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James Keay (image courtesy of Donna Atkinson)

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 25.01.1915
  • Place of enlistment: Hanna, Alberta.
  • Service no: 552294
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 27th Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 35
  • Date of Death: 06.11.1917
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Passchendaele New British Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: XI.C.21.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 18.06.1882
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: Hanna, Alberta
  • Occupation: Farmer
  • Mother:

    Jane Bell Keay, 17 Muirton Rd, Lochee, Dundee

  • Father:

    Henry Keay, 17 Muirton Rd, Lochee, Dundee

  • Siblings:

    Alfred

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about James Keay

James had a brother who also served in the Canadian Infantry during the Great War, he was Pte Alfred Callum Keay 552295, of the 27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry.

For more information on James, visit James Memorial and James Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson, images very kindly supplied by Donna Atkinson

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