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Personal data

• Name McKEE
• Initials S
• First name SAMUEL
• Place of birth Down
• Country Ireland
• Family Son of Helena and James McKee, of Comber, Co. Down, Ireland.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted in Perth, Western Australia on 7 February 1916
• Service number 4261
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 28th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 7th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 2nd Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarkation in Fremantle on 1 April 1916; to France on 17 August 1916

Death

• Wounded Gunshot wounds on hip, admitted on 11 May 1917; back to unit on 27 May 1917
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds on arm, thigh and hand at n°3 Canadian CCS
• Date of death 1 November 1917
• Died at the age of 27
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - CC - 17A

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