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Military service
Service number:
902463
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
February 20, 1894
Enlistment:
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Death:
August 28, 1918
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Additional information
Son of Burton J. and Susan Maria Callahan, of South Manchester, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Alexander Callahan
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Cabana to Campling. Microform Sequence 17; Volume Number 31829_B016726. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 161. Page 259 of 1024. -
Photo of ALEXANDER CALLAHAN
Pte. Alexander Callahan, killed in action near Arras, France on August 28, 1918 while serving with the 1st Canadian Machine Gun Battalion. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. 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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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Alexander Callahan
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Callahan
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Callahan
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Callahan
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Callahan
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Callahan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 379 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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