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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 15.10.1915
  • Place of enlistment: Toronto, Ontario.
  • Service no: 164644
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 75th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 30
  • Date of Death: 01.03.1917
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Villers Station Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: VII.D.11.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 01.01.1887
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 38 Earle St, Toronto, Ontario
  • Occupation: Carpenter
  • Mother:
  • Father:
  • Siblings:

    Annie, 13 North Ellen St, Dundee

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about James Cairney

James Listed his sister as his next of kin when he enlisted, she married at some point and became Mrs Annie McKenzie of 2 Guthrie St, St Andrews.

For more information on James visit, James memorial and James Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register

For reasons unknown James Cairney is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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