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Military service
Service number:
657646
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
March 25, 1891
Enlistment:
Parry Sound, Ontario
Death:
May 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of David and Hannah E. Crawford, of Hurdville, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Nelson Crawford
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Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CRABB TO CROSSLAND Microform Sequence 24; Volume Number 31829_B016733. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 168. Page 387 of 788. -
Memorial
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)
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Private Robert Nelson Crawford
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Nelson Crawford
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 222 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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