Service Details
Name:
 McKECHNIE
Given Name:
 DONALD HOLMES
Initials:
 D H
Rank:
 Cadet
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Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
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Former Regiment:
 formerly 932 4th South African Horse
Date of Death:
 1918-03-06
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Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died at sea
Citations:
 ***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
Additional
Information:
Son of Neil Malcolm and Margaret Thompson McKechnie, of Holmwood, Harrismith, Orange Free State. Born Harrismith. Suffered through five attacks of malarial fever and was discharged from 4th South African Horse, but re-enlisted in RFC. On Harrismith War Memorial, Free State. Embarked on HMT Briton at Cape Town 6-3-18, to enlist in RFC
Commemoration
Country:
 Lost at Sea
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Cemetery:
 DIED AT SEA
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