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Military service
Service number:
29243
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
November 25, 1892
Thurso, Caithness, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 23, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
June 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. B. 92.
Additional information
Son of James and Sarah Mowat, of Stemster Hill, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private Alexander Baikie Mowat
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Dog Tag
The Dog Tag's of Alexander Bakie Mowat - My GG Uncle - Died in June 1916 France. A native of Caithness, Scotland emigrated to Canada and in 1914 joined the the 16th Canadian Regiment - made up of Canadian Highlanders.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 139 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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