Identity
Person No.
16105
Service No.
7760
Last Name
First Name
James
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 785
Missing in action
Cause of Death
Missing in action. During the night of the 18-19th October, a company of the 3rd S.A.I. moved forward to the front line in Pearse's Trench
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 13
Notes
Son of Thomas and Janet McKinlay, of 44A, Third St., Boksburg North, Transvaal. His 2 brothers also died on service. Commemoration stone in Boksburg Cemetery
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 13". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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