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Military service
Service number:
434816
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
49th Bn.
Birth:
November 11, 1886
Death:
October 9, 1916
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Hector McRae and Elizabeth Morrison McRae, of 1, Conway St., Roslindale, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Digital gallery of Private William Duncan McRae
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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 WILLIAM DUNCAN MCRAE
Submitted with the permission of Bonnie Thornhill, from the book "In the Morning Veterans of Victoria County, Cape Breton. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM DUNCAN MCRAE
Submitted with the permission of Bonnie Thornhill, from the book "In the Morning Veterans of Victoria County, Cape Breton. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Duncan McRae
Digital gallery of
Private William Duncan McRae
Digital gallery of
Private William Duncan McRae
Digital gallery of
Private William Duncan McRae
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 130 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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