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Personal data

• Name McKINNON
• Initials T
• First name THOMAS
• Place of birth Dumfries
• Country Scotland
• Profession Jeweller

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 18 December 1914, Toronto
• Service number 83228
• Rank Gunner
• Regiment and unit 2nd Div. Ammunition Column Canadian Field Artillery
• Army - Corps - Division 2nd Canadian Division
• National force C.E.F.

Death

• Wounded He was serving a trench mortar gun on June 23rd. 1916, and instead of taking cover when firing, he and another man stayed in the emplacement and he was wounded by a premature burst.
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds to the back, legs and arm, n°17 CCS
• Date of death 24 June 1916
• Died at the age of 20
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VIII - B - 13

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