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Military service
Service number:
469195
Age:
16
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
25th Bn.
Birth:
August 22, 1900
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Death:
April 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
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Son of J. Wentworth Kinney and Mary Kinney, of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private Frank Kinney
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Photo of Frank Kinney
Frank Kinney joined the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force in Yarmouth N.S. on the 24th day of August 1915 at age 18. He gave the greatest sacrifice in order to make our lives better and he will always be in our harts. I am proud to be named after him. Frank Muise (30 Jan, 2007) -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. 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)
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Kinney
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Kinney
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Kinney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 269 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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