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Military service
Service number:
142209
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
24th Bn.
Birth:
September 26, 1885
Death:
October 1, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Hilliard Rainey
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Photo of HILLIARD RAINEY
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Attestation Papers
Circumstances of Death- Private Hilliard Rainey -
Cenotaph
Barrie, Ontario Cenetaph Innisfil Memorial -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Family Memorial
Family monument, on which Hilliard Rainey is commemorated, in the Bethesda Cemetery, 5th Sideroad (just south of the 4th Line), Bethesda, Town of Innisfil, north-east of Cookstown, Ontario. Private Rainey was killed in action in France, while serving with the 24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force, and has no known grave. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2013.) -
Inscription
Inscription on family monument, commemorating Hilliard Rainey as well as his parents, in the Bethesda Cemetery, 5th Sideroad, Bethesda, Town of Innisfil, north-east of Cookstown, Ontario. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2013.)
Digital gallery of
Private Hilliard Rainey
Digital gallery of
Private Hilliard Rainey
Digital gallery of
Private Hilliard Rainey
Digital gallery of
Private Hilliard Rainey
Digital gallery of
Private Hilliard Rainey
Digital gallery of
Private Hilliard Rainey
Digital gallery of
Private Hilliard Rainey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 152 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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