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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
March 31, 1893
Singhampton, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 19, 1916
Weyburn, Saskatchewan
Death:
August 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Neil McKinnon of Singhampton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Chester Neil McKinnon
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Chester McKinnon
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Chester Neil McKinnon
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Chester Neil McKinnon
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Chester Neil McKinnon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 285 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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