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Son of Andrew and Flora McRae, of 72, Emerald South, Hamilton Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Duncan John McRae
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Lieutenant Duncan John McRae
Lietenant Duncan John McRae of Canada (left) and Lieutenant Percival William Murray of England (right). McRae was an observer for the RFC and took aerial photographs of the front line over France. Murray was the pilot of their BE2 plane. They were shot down by Baron von Richthofen on 1st February 1917 and were made prisoners by the German infantry. They both died of wounds on 2nd February 1917, making them the 19th victims of Baron von Richthofen. They are burried next to each other in Bois Carre cemetry near Thelus, France.
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Lieutenant Duncan John McRae
The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Duncan John McRae
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Duncan John McRae
The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Lietenant Duncan John McRae of Canada (left) and Lieutenant Percival William Murray of England (right). McRae was an observer for the RFC and took aerial photographs of the front line over France. Murray was the pilot of their BE2 plane. They were shot down by Baron von Richthofen on 1st February 1917 and were made prisoners by the German infantry. They both died of wounds on 2nd February 1917, making them the 19th victims of Baron von Richthofen. They are burried next to each other in Bois Carre cemetry near Thelus, France.
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The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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