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Son of Mr. J. H. and Mrs. C. M. McQuay, of 1203, 11th Avenue South, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Sapper James Leonard McQuay
Image gallery
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War Diary for February 1916 of the 6th Field Company, Canadian Engineers, 2nd Canadian Division, recording the death of Leonard McQuay. Source: National Archives of Canada.
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Attestation paper, page 1 for James Leonard McQuay.
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Attestation paper, page 2 for James Leonard McQuay. Source: National Archives of Canada.
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James Leonard McQuay, Sapper, no. 622, 6th Field Company, Canadian Engineers. Fatally wounded while laying barbed wire near St. Eloi (near Ypres) just before he was slated to leave the Front for Officer Training in England.
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Sapper James Leonard McQuay, no. 622, next to a trench of barbed wire.
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Sapper James Leonard McQuay, no. 622, on right leaning against a friend.
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James Leonard McQuay, intercollegiate team, Queen's University, 1912.
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James Leonard McQuay in middle with two army friends.
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Sapper James Leonard McQuay, reg. no. 622.
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War Memorial in Foxwarren, Manitoba, including name of James Leonard McQuay.
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Clipping from the Toronto Star for 11 March 1916, page 6.
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Casualty list including Leonard McQuay, from the Toronto Star for 11 March 1916, page 7.
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Clipping from the Kingston Whig for 20 March 1916.
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Description of the death and funeral of Leonard McQuay in "From the Rideau to the Rhine and back: the 6th Field Company and Battalion Canadian Engineers in the Great War" by K. Weatherbe, published in Toronto in 1928.
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Photo courtesy Keith Boswell, England
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Announcement of the death of Leonard McQuay in the Brandon Daily Sun for March 11, 1916, page 1.
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From the British Whig, a Kingston, Ontario newspaper. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 130 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LOCRE CHURCHYARD Belgium
LOCRE CHURCHYARD is located 11.5 Km south west of Ieper town centre on the Dikkebusseweg (N375). From Ieper town centre the Dikkebusseweg is reached via Elverdingsestraat, straight over a roundabout onto J. Capronstraat (for 30 metres), then left along M. Fochlaan. Immediately after the train station, the first right hand turning is the Dikkebusseweg.
On passing through the village of Dikkebus the road continues for 6 Km to the village of Loker. The church and churchyard are located at the side of the road in the village of Locre (Loker) itself.
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