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Military service
Service number:
2293430
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C.
Division:
"B" Sqdn.
Birth:
April 19, 1898
Death:
March 30, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John Canning McKnight, and of Almira Ferguson McKnight, of Winnipeg.
Digital gallery of Private Oliver Franklin McKnight
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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) -
Photo of Oliver Franklin Mcknight
University of Manitoba Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Winnipeg, 1923. Roll of the Fallen (pg. 22) - McKNIGHT, Oliver Franklin: Eng. '21; Enlisted 6-3-17; Pte. Lord Strathcona's Horse; Service in France; Killed 30-3-18.
Digital gallery of
Private Oliver Franklin McKnight
Digital gallery of
Private Oliver Franklin McKnight
Digital gallery of
Private Oliver Franklin McKnight
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 461 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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