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Military service
Service number:
30118
Age:
23
Rank:
Driver
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Army Service Corps
Birth:
April 28, 1894
Picton, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 19, 1914
Valcartier
Death:
May 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. F. 26.
Additional information
Son of G. H. and Gladys Rankin, of Napanee, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Driver James Ryerson Rankin
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Roll of Honour
Dvr. James Ryerson Rankin'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. -
Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Driver James Ryerson Rankin
Digital gallery of
Driver James Ryerson Rankin
Digital gallery of
Driver James Ryerson Rankin
AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Aubigny Communal Cemetery is south of the village of Aubigny-en-Artois and the Cemetery Extension is behind it. The village of Aubigny-en-Artois is approximately 15 kilometres north-west of Arras on the road to St. Pol. After turning into the village from the N.39 on the D.75, the Cemetery lies south on a road leading from the centre of the village.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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