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Military service
Service number:
814794
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
87th Bn.
Birth:
March 16, 1892
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
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Son of the Rev. J. A. and Mary L. Blyth MacFarlane, of Bristol, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Private John Reid MacFarlane
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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) -
Honour Roll
From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926. -
War Memorial
139th Battalion (Northumberland County) War Memorial plaque, 1919. 130 names of men who originally enlisted with this Ontario unit. On display at the Victoria Hall, 55 King Street West, Cobourg, Ontario. Also shown - Cobourg (Ontario) War Memorial at Victoria Park. -
Photo of JOHN REID MACFARLANE
"In billet for a few days, John in Rest, just out of the trenches /17". John was killed (missing) soon after, on August 17/17
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Private John Reid MacFarlane
Digital gallery of
Private John Reid MacFarlane
Digital gallery of
Private John Reid MacFarlane
Digital gallery of
Private John Reid MacFarlane
Digital gallery of
Private John Reid MacFarlane
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 282 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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