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Military service
Service number:
193203
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Birth:
February 21, 1885
Ayshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
August 26, 1915
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Janet Tait, of Mount Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario. Husband of Mary Tait, of Mount Hamilton, Hamilton Ontario. Brother of Private John Tait, who died on October 8, 1916 while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment).
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
Brothers Robert and John Tait were reported as killed on the same date. Pte. John Tait, 193210, was also serving with the 13th Battalion, Quebec Regiment, at the time of his death. -
Attestation papers
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Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Tait enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 13th Bn Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 13th Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Tait enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 13th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
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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) -
A picture of the battle of Vimy
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Honour roll
World War I medal rolls -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Tait
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Tait
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Tait
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Tait
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Tait
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Tait
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Tait
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Tait
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Tait
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 171 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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