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Military service
Service number:
760080
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
February 16, 1896
Enlistment:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
March 31, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Arthur Craigie and of Mary Craigie of Store St., Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland.
Brother of Private George Craigie, who died on the same day while serving with the same unit.
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Memorial
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) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private John Craigie
Digital gallery of
Private John Craigie
Digital gallery of
Private John Craigie
Digital gallery of
Private John Craigie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 222 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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