Military service
Service number:
F/22377
Age:
34
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Engineers
Division:
16 Field Coy.
Birth:
January 29, 1910
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
July 8, 1940
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Death:
August 21, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVIII. C. 6.
Additional information
Son of Florence MacInnis, of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Husband of Heather MacInnis, of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant Edward Louis MacInnis
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Newspaper Clipping
The attached is a Glace Bay newspaper article published 23 Nov 1943 regarding members of the MacInnis family who were serving in WW2. The article reflects the service of Edward (Ned), his brothers, sisters and in-laws. Also of note, Ned's son Rudy served in the RCAF 1953-74. His grandson Jim (Rudy's son) has been serving in the Canadian Army since 1976. Ned has four great-grandsons (Jim's sons)Andrew, Michael, John and Thomas who are members of the Canadian Army. Jim, Andrew and Michael are Afghanistan veterans. -
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Grave marker
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Lance Sergeant Edward Louis MacInnis
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Edward Louis MacInnis
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Edward Louis MacInnis
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Edward Louis MacInnis
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Edward Louis MacInnis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 373 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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