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Military service
Service number:
712829
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
14th Bn.
Birth:
November 13, 1895
Point Prim, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
February 11, 1916
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Death:
April 9, 1917
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Son of Ronald and Effie A. MacLeod McRae, of Point Prim, Prince Edward Island.
Digital gallery of Private Alexander Roderick McRae
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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) -
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Private Alexander Roderick McRae
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Roderick McRae
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Roderick McRae
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Roderick McRae
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 288 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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