Neil MacKinnon Private - 1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders

Data:

• Last name:MacKinnon
• Initials:N.
• Nationality:Great Britain
• Homeland:Great Britain
• Age :22
• Family:Son of Donald and Mary Anne MacKinnon of Portnalong, Isle of Skye.
• Army number:14644432
• Rank:Private
• Unit:1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders
• Division:51st (Highland) Division
• Details:From his service number Private MacKinnon would probably have been conscripted possibly in late 1942 or early 1943 and given a General Service Number. From July 1942, army recruits were enlisted in the corps for their first six weeks so that their subsequent posting could take account of their skills and the Army's needs. After his initial training he would have joined the 1st Battalion, possibly in Sicily but perhaps more likely when they returned from Sicily in November 1943 at their base in Buckinghamshire, prior to the invasion of Europe in 1944.

• Deceased on:15-11-1944
• Place Cemetery: Nederweert
• Cemetery Name: Nederweert War Cemetery
• Land Cemetery: Netherlands
• Plot Cemetery: II
• Row Cemetery: C
• Number Cemetery: 5

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