In Memory Of
MACKAY, WILLIAM MURDOCK
Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
1913-08-14
Service No:
19179
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-06-13
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, by a direct artillery hit on his slit trench at Eluet-et-Tamar, Gazala, Libya
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 126.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of John Albert and Florence Ann Mackay, of 2 Frank Robb Street, Brooklyn, Cape Town. Husband of Catherina Priscilla Mackay, of 134 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town. Born Kimberley, Cape Province. A barman. He had 1 child.
