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Military service
Service number:
192182
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
Eaton Motor Machine Gun Bty.
Birth:
February 6, 1891
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
May 2, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. F. 20.
Additional information
Son of William and Agnes Blair, of Main St., Cumbernauld, Glasgow, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Blair
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Coupure de presse
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Registres de circonstances du décès
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 623 of 734 -
Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Blair enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the C.M.G.C. as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
C.M.G.C. cap badge. Pte Blair enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was sent to the C.M.G.C. as a reinforcement. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. -
Pierre Tombale
Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Blair
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Blair
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Blair
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Blair
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Blair
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 202 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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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.
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