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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
71338
Age:
32
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
27th Bn.
Birth:
March 20, 1884
Braham, Ross-shire, Scotland
Enlistment:
November 16, 1914
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Duncan and Mina MacRae, of Crask of Aiges, Scotland. Husband of Margaret Kirkpatrick MacRae, of Grahamville, Dumfries, Scotland.
Additional citations
Military Medal, London Gazette # 29794 dated 21 October 1916 and Bar, London Gazette # 29701 dated 10 August 1916.
Digital gallery of Company Sergeant Major John MacRae
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Newspaper Clipping
Manitoba Free Press, April 17, 1916 -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of JOHN MACRAE
Photograph of CSM John MacRae, MM & bar, of the 27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, who was killed in action on September 15, 1916. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Manitoba Free Press newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Manitoba Free Press newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John MacRae
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John MacRae
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John MacRae
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John MacRae
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John MacRae
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John MacRae
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John MacRae
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 130 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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