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Military service
Service number:
1110397
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Death:
October 1, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William and Melita McCann, of Billings Bridge, Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Eric William McCann
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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) -
Grave marker
Inscription to the memory of Eric William McCann on the family grave marker in Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario. -
Attestation Papers
Source: Library and Archives Canada -
Attestation Papers
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Digital gallery of
Private Eric William McCann
Digital gallery of
Private Eric William McCann
Digital gallery of
Private Eric William McCann
Digital gallery of
Private Eric William McCann
Digital gallery of
Private Eric William McCann
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 122 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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