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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 16.07.1915
  • Place of enlistment: Montreal, Quebec.
  • Service no: 457993
  • Rank: Sergeant
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 60th Battalion
  • Place of Death: Kingston, Jamaica
  • Age at Death: 48
  • Date of Death: 07.01.1921 or 08.01.1921
  • Burial Country: Jamaica
  • Cemetery: Not Known
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Not Known

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 18.07.1874
  • Place of Birth: Brechin
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Commercial Traveller
  • Mother:
  • Father:

    George Kayne, 8 Blackscroft, Dundee

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Corrine A. Kayne, 301 West-109th St, New York, USA

  • Children:

More about George Erskine Kayne

George was discharged from the army 12th December 1918 and returned to Jamaica, where he had lived prior to enlisting. Records indicate that George died at Kingston, Jamaica aged 48 in a nursing hostel at 116 East St, Kingston. His burial location is currently unknown.

For more information on George, visit, George’s Memorial and George’s Service Record

For reasons unknown George Kayne is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson and Jim Busby (Canada).

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