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In memory of:

Private John Philip Finlayson

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Military service

Service number: 713041
Age: 18
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 14th Bn.
Birth: May 18, 1898 Ruskin, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment: March 27, 1916 Prince Edward Island
Death: April 9, 1917 Vimy Ridge, France

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: I. A. 15.
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Son of Malcolm Finlayson and his wife, Annie McKinnon, of Peake's Rd., Prince Edward Island.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 237 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY (France) Pas de Calais, France

Thelus is a village about 6.5 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Lens. The NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY is on the western side of the main road and about 1.5 kilometres south of the village.

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