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Military service
Service number:
261030
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
78th Bn.
Birth:
February 6, 1894
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Martin and Nellie Murchison, of Carberry, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private Angus Peter Murchison
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Newspaper Clipping
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Death Certificate
CEF Death Certificate for Pte. A. P. Murchison, KIA April 9, 1917 the day Vimy Ridge was taken. -
Photo of Angus Murchison
Private Angus P. Murchison of the 212th American Legion, CEF. -
Photo 2 of Angus Murchison
Private Angus P. Murchison & Manley Steen 1916 -
Photo 3 of Angus Murchison
Private Angus Murchison & Percy Murchison at Camp Hughes, Manitoba, 1916 -
Church
Families of soldiers KIA were sent memorial plaques. This is the Methodist Church Petrel, Manitoba, were the Memorial for Pte. Angus Murchison was mounted. The Murchison family helped to build this church. -
Letter (Feb 14, 1917)
Letter about the death of Abraham Armstrong written from the trenches by Angus P. Murchison -
Page 2 of Letter (Feb 14, 1917)
Letter about the death of Abraham Armstrong written from the trenches by Angus P. Murchison -
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)
Digital gallery of
Private Angus Peter Murchison
Digital gallery of
Private Angus Peter Murchison
Digital gallery of
Private Angus Peter Murchison
Digital gallery of
Private Angus Peter Murchison
Digital gallery of
Private Angus Peter Murchison
Digital gallery of
Private Angus Peter Murchison
Digital gallery of
Private Angus Peter Murchison
Digital gallery of
Private Angus Peter Murchison
Digital gallery of
Private Angus Peter Murchison
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 299 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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