Military service
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Father of Melvin Petrie, of Edmonton Jesuit College, Alberta.
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Private Thomas Petrie
Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Nine Elms Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, France. It is located about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Private Thomas Petrie
Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Private Thomas Petrie
Cap Badge 51st Bn (Edmonton). Private Petrie was a member of the 51st Bn before transfer to the 15th bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Gravemarker. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team
DILEAS GU BRATH.
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Private Thomas Petrie
The Vimy Cross was returned to the 48th Highlanders after the war by the CWGC and currently rests in a place of honour in their Regimental Museum. All the names of those 15th Battalion members killed during battle at Vimy Ridge remain clearly visible on the cross. Photo by BGen (ret) G Young and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Battalion Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Private Thomas Petrie
Vimy Cross erected by the 15th Battalion following the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917 and it commemorates those who fell during the engagement. This photo was taken from the archives of the 48th Highlanders Museum in Toronto. Provided by BGen (ret) G Young and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Battalion Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Record of Service Card (front side) courtesy 48th Highlanders Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Private Thomas Petrie
Record of Service Card (back side) courtesy 48th Highlanders Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Private Thomas Petrie
The 15th Battalion Vimy cross memorial was erected and dedicated at Ecurie, France close to the site where the original wooden Vimy cross was erected on the battlefield near Nine Elms Cemetery on 10 April 1917. The memorial is a granite replica of that cross and bears the names of fifty-four of the battalion's Fallen that were inscribed on the original - including Pte Thomas Petrie.
Photograph taken in September 2018 at the dedication ceremony and is submitted by the 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project.
Dileas Gu Brath
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Private Thomas Petrie
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Nine Elms Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, France. It is located about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Cap Badge 51st Bn (Edmonton). Private Petrie was a member of the 51st Bn before transfer to the 15th bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Gravemarker. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH.
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The Vimy Cross was returned to the 48th Highlanders after the war by the CWGC and currently rests in a place of honour in their Regimental Museum. All the names of those 15th Battalion members killed during battle at Vimy Ridge remain clearly visible on the cross. Photo by BGen (ret) G Young and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Battalion Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Vimy Cross erected by the 15th Battalion following the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917 and it commemorates those who fell during the engagement. This photo was taken from the archives of the 48th Highlanders Museum in Toronto. Provided by BGen (ret) G Young and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Battalion Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Record of Service Card (front side) courtesy 48th Highlanders Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Record of Service Card (back side) courtesy 48th Highlanders Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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The 15th Battalion Vimy cross memorial was erected and dedicated at Ecurie, France close to the site where the original wooden Vimy cross was erected on the battlefield near Nine Elms Cemetery on 10 April 1917. The memorial is a granite replica of that cross and bears the names of fifty-four of the battalion's Fallen that were inscribed on the original - including Pte Thomas Petrie. Photograph taken in September 2018 at the dedication ceremony and is submitted by the 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath
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From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Thelus is a village about 6.5 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Lens. The NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY is on the western side of the main road and about 1.5 kilometres south of the village.
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