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Military service
Service number:
252419
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
April 20, 1895
Mill Village, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
March 9, 1916
Swift Current, Saskatchewan
Death:
April 28, 1917
Arleux-en-Gohelle, France
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Son of David and Martha J. McKinnon, of Mill Village, Queens Co., Nova Scotia. He sailed to England on the S.S. Caronia. He spent the majority of his service with 209th Battalions. He was only with the 10th Battalion one week, when he was killed in action.
at Arleux, France.
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S. Maxwell McKinnon was born in Nova Scotia on April 20, 1895. He fought for the 10th Battalion (Alberta) and died at Arleux on April 28, 1917. -
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) -
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)
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Private Samuel Maxwell McKinnon
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Private Samuel Maxwell McKinnon
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel Maxwell McKinnon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 285 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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