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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
April 15, 1917
Vimy Ridge, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. H. 62.
Additional information
Son of Charles W. and Louisa Brett Tinling, of Montreal, Quebec. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University, and had passed with honours in his third year in Medicine. He was Sergeant-Major of No. 3 Canadian Hospital for nearly two years, and then took his commission in the 42nd Royal Highlanders of Canada.
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Mentioned in Despatches
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Charles Burnaby Tinling
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Honour Roll
From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of April 18, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y111uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Burnaby Tinling
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Burnaby Tinling
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 339 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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