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237078 L/Sgt. Reginald Francis McCann MiD. 2nd Battalion Cameron Highlanders  Reginald McCann enlisted in 1908 and served with the 2nd Battalion Cameron Highlanders in India and China 1909-1914 and was in India when World War One broke out, stationed at Poona, India.
The Battalion, embarked for England from Bombay on the 16th of October 1914 arriving at Devonport, Plymouth and then moved to Winchester joining the 81st Brigade of the 27th Division.
On the 20th of December 1914 they landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including The action of St Eloi during The Second Battle of Ypres.
On the 29th of November 1915 they embarked for Salonika from Marseilles and engaged in various actions against the Bulgarian Army including The capture of Karajakois, The capture of Yenikoi, The Battle of Tumbitza Farm, The capture of Homondos, The capture of the Roche Noir Salient, The passage of the Vardar river and The pursuit to the Strumica valley.
They ended the war at Izlis N.W. of Doiran, Macedonia.
In 1919 Regimald enrolled in Nottingham into a unit formed to clean up the Western Front and moved to Australia in 1921.
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