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Military service
Age:
19
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Flying Corps
Division:
60th Sqdn.
Death:
April 16, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Dawson Kerr Elliott and Mary Alice Elliott, of Winnipeg, Canada.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant John Mccreary Elliott
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Memorial
Commemorative headstone in Winnipeg (St. John's) Cemetery -
Memorial Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1035 Lieut John McCreary Elliott was the son of Dawson Kerr Elliott and Mary Alice Elliott, of Winnipeg, Canada. He served with the Royal Flying Corps 60th Squadron. He died on April 16, 1917 at 19 years of age. His name is listed on the Arras Flying Services Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery. His name is listed on the memorial arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. -
Memorial Stained Glass
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1035 Lieut John McCreary Elliott was the son of Dawson Kerr Elliott and Mary Alice Elliott, of Winnipeg, Canada. He served with the Royal Flying Corps 60th Squadron. He died on April 16, 1917 at 19 years of age. His name is listed on the Arras Flying Services Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery. His name is listed on the memorial arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1035 Lieut John McCreary Elliott was the son of Dawson Kerr Elliott and Mary Alice Elliott, of Winnipeg, Canada. He served with the Royal Flying Corps 60th Squadron. He died on April 16, 1917 at 19 years of age. His name is listed on the Arras Flying Services Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery. His name is listed on the memorial arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. -
Memorial Arch
Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial Stair
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Inscription
Arras Flying Services Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Arras Flying Services Memorial
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Manitoba Free Press newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant John Mccreary Elliott
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Mccreary Elliott
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Mccreary Elliott
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Mccreary Elliott
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Mccreary Elliott
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Mccreary Elliott
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Mccreary Elliott
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Mccreary Elliott
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Mccreary Elliott
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 233 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France
The Arras Flying Services Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras, near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station.
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