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Military service
Age:
21
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Division:
No. 2 Training Depot
Birth:
Gananoque, Ontario
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 6, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
K. 900.
Additional information
Son of George R. and Eva M. McKiel, of Guelph, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Rolfe McKiel
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Gananoque Remembers
Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P> Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P> Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P> -
Memorial Page
Rolfe McKiel is honoured on page 103 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005. -
Gananoque War Memorial - Gananoque, Ontario.
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Roll of Honour
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gananoque.<P> Photo courtesy Chris Andrew. -
Grave Marker
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Comely Bank Cemetery
Comely Bank Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Rolfe McKiel
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Rolfe McKiel
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Rolfe McKiel
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Rolfe McKiel
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Rolfe McKiel
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Rolfe McKiel
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Rolfe McKiel
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 590 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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EDINBURGH (COMELY BANK) CEMETERY Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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