James McLean McKague Image

Name

James McLean McKague

Born

1917-08-04

Birth Place

Died

1944-08-17

Death Place

Olendon, France

Death

The Universal Carrier he was riding in struck a mine.

Monument

Teeswater

Cemetery







Service Record 1


Highest Rank

Captain

Conflict

Battalion

Royal Canadian Artilliary

Company

99th Field Battery

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1941-09-22


Service Record 2


Highest Rank

Captain

Conflict

Battalion

Royal Canadian Artilliary

Company

19th Field Regiment

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1941-09-22

Prev Exp

99th Field Battery



Notes

Husband of A.H. McKague and son of Andrew and Jeannie McKague. Died Near Olendon, France during attack on Falaise.




Sources & Links

- Bruce County Historical Society military project, A2016.007.001s
- Rutledge, Jim. “The Men of Huron: A Book of Honour and Remembrance, 1939-1946.” Goderich: J. Rutledge, 2009.
- War Graves Commission
- Book of Remembrance
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial
- Find a Grave



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