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Military service
Service number:
142210
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Death:
April 10, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of H. P. and Frances Melinda Rankin, of Cookstown, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Francis Goodwin Rankin
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Group Photo
No. 13 Platoon, 76th Battalion, C.E.F. Back Row left to right 9th soldier Private Francis Rankin -
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) -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Memorial Park
Cookstown Memorial Park -
Cenotaph
Cookstown, Ontario -
Cenotaph
Cookstown, Ontario -
Memorial Street
Innisfil street named in honour of Private Francis Goodwin Rankin with a poppy. -
Attestation Papers
Circumstances of Death- Francis Goodwin Rankin -
Grave marker
Grave for Private Francis Goodwin Rankin in Cookstown, Onario. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Goodwin Rankin
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Goodwin Rankin
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Goodwin Rankin
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Goodwin Rankin
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Goodwin Rankin
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Goodwin Rankin
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Goodwin Rankin
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Goodwin Rankin
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Goodwin Rankin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 313 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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