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Military service
Service number:
171144
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
4th Coy.
Birth:
August 27, 1895
Ayr, Scotland
Enlistment:
August 7, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Catherine Killin of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Archibald and Private William Killin, Canadian Machine Gun Corps, killed in action on 15 September 1916. Spouse of A. Killen of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private John Killin
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National Memorial Album
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of JOHN KILLIN
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Inscription
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) -
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
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private John Killin
Digital gallery of
Private John Killin
Digital gallery of
Private John Killin
Digital gallery of
Private John Killin
Digital gallery of
Private John Killin
Digital gallery of
Private John Killin
Digital gallery of
Private John Killin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 268 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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