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Robert Herbert McGirr

In memory of:

Private Robert Herbert McGirr

August 23, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

871706

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

8th Bn.

Additional Information


Son of Thomas E. and Laura A. McGirr, of Emerson, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 282 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

XXV. N. 12.

Location:

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Attestation Papers
  • Attestation Papers (Reverse)
  • Attestation Papers– Attestion papers sibling of Robert McGirr.

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