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Military service
Service number:
135339
Age:
28
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
12th Coy.
Birth:
April 21, 1889
Death:
June 4, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. E. 3.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Mary McKinley, of Limerick, Ireland.
Digital gallery of Sergeant James McKinley
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Crest
A former member of the Church Lads' Brigade at St. John's Limerick Company, Ireland -
Newspaper Clipping
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery
A panoramic view of the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of JAMES MCKINLEY
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Cemetery
Photo of original headstone. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 285 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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