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Captain WILLIAM JAMES CLACHAN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Middlesex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 January 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MANGOCHI TOWN CEMETERY

50.

Malawi

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st King's African Rifles
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Adam Clachan and Margaret Ann Clachan, of "Aberfoyle", 22, Ohiro Rd., Wellington, New Zealand. Left New Zealand and gazetted to a Commission in Sept., 1914. Served in France 1915-1916 and three times wounded.
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Buried or commemorated at

MANGOCHI TOWN CEMETERY
Malawi
Number of casualties: 60
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