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Military service
Service number:
715605
Age:
22
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
November 9, 1894
Enlistment:
Truro, Ontario
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John Arthur and Sarah Mitchell Blaikie, of Great Village, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Joseph Mckay Blaikie
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Joseph McKay Blaikie
Joseph McKay Blaikie as a member of his first unit, the 106th Battalion. Note 106th Battalion cap badge on photo mount. -
Post Card
Embroidered silk postcard sent by Lance Corporal Joseph McKay Blaikie to his mother. The silk pocket on this card held two enclosures - a small greeting card and a dried flower wrapped in paper. -
Post Card
Embroidered silk postcard sent to Canada from France by Lance Corporal Joseph McKay Blaikie. He wrote a brief letter to his mother on the back of this card. The card was dated October 1st, 1916. -
Post Card (Back)
Letter on the back of an embroidered silk postcard sent to Canada from France by Lance Corporal Joseph McKay Blaikie. The front of the card was embroidered with the greeting "To my dear mother". -
Post Card
Embroidered silk postcard sent to Canada by Lance Corporal Joseph McKay Blaikie. There was no message on the back of this card. -
Badge
In Memory of those who served in the 106th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Rifles. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Mckay Blaikie
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Mckay Blaikie
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Mckay Blaikie
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Mckay Blaikie
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Mckay Blaikie
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Mckay Blaikie
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Mckay Blaikie
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Mckay Blaikie
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Mckay Blaikie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 202 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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