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Military service
Service number:
220455
Age:
47
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
47th Bn.
Birth:
January 27, 1872
Death:
November 11, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. F. 32.
Additional information
Son of James and Jennie McElary, of Co. Londonderry, Ireland; husband of Annie McElary, of 100, Isabella St., Ottawa.
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Inscription
Inscription to the memory of Private SAMUEL SMITH MCELARY on the family grave marker in Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario. According to his Attestation Paper he was born on January 27, 1872 and he enlisted in Ottawa on February 1, 1916, shortly after his 46th birthday. -
Attestation Papers
Source: Library and Archives Canada: Soldiers of the First World War -
Attestation Papers
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England
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Private Samuel Smith McElary
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Private Samuel Smith McElary
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Private Samuel Smith McElary
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Private Samuel Smith McElary
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 125 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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