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John McElhinney

In memory of:

Gunner John McElhinney

May 14, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

339816

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

6th Bde.

Additional Information


Born:

October 18, 1888

Commemorated on Page 282 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. A. 26.

Location:

Neuville-St Vaast is a village 6.5 kilometres north of Arras, a little east of the road from Bethune to Arras. LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south-west of the village on the north-west side of the road to the village of Maroeuil.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Gunner John McElhinney's name appears on this Memorial Tablet.  St. Paul's was founded in 1822 as the first Roman Catholic parish in York (now Toronto).  The present church was designed by Joseph Connelly in 1889 and was renamed St. Paul's Basilica in 1999.  The WWI Memorial plaque is located outside the front entrance of the church.  The Basilica is located in downtown Toronto on the corner of Power and Queen Street.
  • Newspaper Clipping

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