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Son of Rory and Mary (nee Holmes) McRae, of Glace Bay; Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
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Jack McRae 185th Cape Breton Highlanders
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Jack McRae hunting in the woods at Points, Cape Breton Island, 1914
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Jack in uniform
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Front of post card from Camp Aldershot Nova Scotia 1916
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Post card from Camp Aldershot Ns 1916
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Front-Post card from the 185th Cape Breton Highlanders
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back-Post card from the 185th Cape Breton Highlanders<P>
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Angus MacDonald from Inverness
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Field Service Post card found on Jacks body.
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New Testament found on Jacks body.
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In memory of the men who joined the 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Jack McRae 185th Cape Breton Highlanders
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Jack McRae hunting in the woods at Points, Cape Breton Island, 1914
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Jack in uniform
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Front of post card from Camp Aldershot Nova Scotia 1916
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Post card from Camp Aldershot Ns 1916
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Front-Post card from the 185th Cape Breton Highlanders
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back-Post card from the 185th Cape Breton Highlanders<P> Text Angus MacDonald from Inverness
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Field Service Post card found on Jacks body.
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New Testament found on Jacks body.
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In memory of the men who joined the 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 465 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Wancourt is a village about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras. It is 2 kilometres south of the main road from Arras to Cambrai. The WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is a short distance south-east of the village just off the D 35 road.
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