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Military service
Service number:
199000
Age:
28
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
43rd Bn.
Birth:
November 25, 1889
Stornoway, Scotland
Enlistment:
February 25, 1916
Fort William, Ontario
Death:
August 16, 1918
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Son of John McRae of Stornoway, Scotland. Sergeant McCrae was a policeman in civilian life.
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Donald McRae (1889-1918) -
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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Sergeant Donald McRae
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Sergeant Donald McRae
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 465 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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