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Military service
Age:
32
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Death:
June 3, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. A. 10.
Additional information
Son of James N. and Elizabeth Glass Greenshields, of Montreal.
Digital gallery of Captain Melville Greenshields
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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From the Toronto Star for 6 June 1916, page 5. -
Newspaper Clipping
Tribute to Captain Melville Greenshields. -
Entrance
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Cemetery
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Grave marker
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Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
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La Presse - June 6th 1916 -
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La Presse - June 9th 1916 -
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La Presse - June 9th 1916 -
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Le Canada - June 12th 1916 -
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Sherbrooke Daily Record - June 7th 1916 -
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From the Montreal Star c.1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
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From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Melville Greenshields
Digital gallery of
Captain Melville Greenshields
Digital gallery of
Captain Melville Greenshields
Digital gallery of
Captain Melville Greenshields
Digital gallery of
Captain Melville Greenshields
Digital gallery of
Captain Melville Greenshields
Digital gallery of
Captain Melville Greenshields
Digital gallery of
Captain Melville Greenshields
Digital gallery of
Captain Melville Greenshields
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 95 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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