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Military service
Age:
36
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Birth:
March 2, 1908
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
October 18, 1939
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. H. 11.
Additional information
Son of Joseph Gavin Rainnie and Constance Vail Rainnie; husband of Kathleen Logan Rainnie, of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Grave Marker
A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. Born in 1872, Maj Gavin Fraser Rainnie (RMC 1925) was the son of Joseph Gavin Rainnie and Constance Vail Rainnie. He was the husband of Kathleen Logan Rainnie, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He served with the Royal Canadian Artillery. He died on Jun 6 1944 at 36 years of age. He died in the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France II H.11. -
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Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. Born in 1872, Maj Gavin Fraser Rainnie (RMC 1925) was the son of Joseph Gavin Rainnie and Constance Vail Rainnie. He was the husband of Kathleen Logan Rainnie, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He served with the Royal Canadian Artillery. He died on Jun 6 1944 at 36 years of age. He died in the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France II H.11. -
Memorial Stained Glass
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. Born in 1872, Maj Gavin Fraser Rainnie (RMC 1925) was the son of Joseph Gavin Rainnie and Constance Vail Rainnie. He was the husband of Kathleen Logan Rainnie, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He served with the Royal Canadian Artillery. He died on Jun 6 1944 at 36 years of age. He died in the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France II H.11. -
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Digital gallery of
Major Gavin Fraser Rainnie
Digital gallery of
Major Gavin Fraser Rainnie
Digital gallery of
Major Gavin Fraser Rainnie
Digital gallery of
Major Gavin Fraser Rainnie
Digital gallery of
Major Gavin Fraser Rainnie
Digital gallery of
Major Gavin Fraser Rainnie
Digital gallery of
Major Gavin Fraser Rainnie
Digital gallery of
Major Gavin Fraser Rainnie
Digital gallery of
Major Gavin Fraser Rainnie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 423 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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