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Military service
Service number:
551033
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C.
Birth:
November 3, 1891
Death:
March 30, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Muir, of Roland, Manitoba.
Brother of Bombardier James Stuart Muir, who died during service with the Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery.
Digital gallery of Private John Elliott Muir
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Photo of JOHN ELLIOTT MUIR
Source: Winnipeg Free Press -
Vimy Memorial
August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mourning Mother
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private John Elliott Muir
Digital gallery of
Private John Elliott Muir
Digital gallery of
Private John Elliott Muir
Digital gallery of
Private John Elliott Muir
Digital gallery of
Private John Elliott Muir
Digital gallery of
Private John Elliott Muir
Digital gallery of
Private John Elliott Muir
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 475 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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