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Military service
Service number:
471183
Age:
30
Rank:
Lance Serjeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
December 29, 1885
Auckland, New Zealand
Enlistment:
March 28, 1916
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
September 29, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of J. G. Blackie, of Auckland, New Zealand.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 487 of 734 -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. 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) -
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Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Earl Blackie
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Earl Blackie
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Earl Blackie
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Earl Blackie
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant Earl Blackie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 55 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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