Service Details
Name:
 McKECHNIE
Given Name:
 ARCHIBALD
Initials:
 A
Service No:
 8828
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1917-04-09
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Date of Birth:
 1871-04-08
Age:
 46
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Battle of Arras
Additional
Information:
Son of John and Margaret Anderson McKechnie. Brother of Mrs. M. Morrison, of Johannesburg. Born at Kingarth, Rothesay, Scotland. Archibald also worked as a farm labourer and at the time of the 1891 census he was working at Rawyards Farm, Monklands. He left for South Africa around 1903. His next of kin is listed as Mrs Margaret Morrison who is his sister who also went out to live in South Africa. Commemorated on Kingarth War Memorial, and the 292 Masonic Lodge War memorial, Rothesay, Isle of Bute
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
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Grave Reference:
 XV. N. 2.

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