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Military service
Service number:
675975
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
September 13, 1895
Death:
May 3, 1917
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Son of Joseph and Catherine Olmstead McElhone of Otterville, Ontario.
Uncle of Flying Officer John Joseph McElhone, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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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 Moses James McElhone
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Private Moses James McElhone
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Private Moses James McElhone
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 282 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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