There will be an interesting story why he got himself reported KIA.
I had a bunch of documents, medals and photos once to a soldier of the Black Watch who was mistakenly reported killed. What happened in his case was that he was shot through both legs at the Battle of Loos. He lay in no man's land for 48 hours, unable to move. By the time they found him the dreaded KIA telegram was on its way.....
He survived the war and lived to a ripe old age and won the pools in the 1950's - bought himself a nice hotel!
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