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Military service
Service number:
79529
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Death:
September 27, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Robert Inkster and Bessie Rankine Inkster, of Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private Adam Francis Rankine Inkster
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Photo of ADAM FRANCIS RANKINE INKSTER
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Memorial
Pte. Adam Francis Rankine Inkster's name was included on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. He indicated on his military attestation that he was a bank clerk. Source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included the Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses. -
Memorial
Detail of Pte. Adam Francis Rankine Inkster's name as it appeared on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. -
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) -
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) -
Medal
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Medal
medal found in New Zealand
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Private Adam Francis Rankine Inkster
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Private Adam Francis Rankine Inkster
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Private Adam Francis Rankine Inkster
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Private Adam Francis Rankine Inkster
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Private Adam Francis Rankine Inkster
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Private Adam Francis Rankine Inkster
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 108 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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