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The Canada-US Border
The Canada-US Border
This community gathers stories of people who crossed the Canada-US border to serve with their neighbour country's forces. The Canadian army actively recruited in the US, looking for Britons to join the war effort, but drawing American-born men to the cause as well. Service records show that many Americans enlisted in Canada, even after the US had officially joined the war, and claimed to have been born in Canada or another Commonwealth country. Likewise, later in the war, some Canadian nurses went south to join up, and served with the American Red Cross.
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Born 1891
Died 1970
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps
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Born 1899
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2622072
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Born 1894
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2595853
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Born 1888
Died 1945
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 31st Canadian Infantry
British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps
Other Empire Force Major US Army - Signal Corps - Aviation Section
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Died 1966
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1003 Sergeant Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
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Born 1889
Died 1920
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2595841
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2595841 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
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Born 1895
Died 1922
Canadian Expeditionary Force 505942
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Born 1889
Died 1916
Canadian Expeditionary Force 476603
Canadian Expeditionary Force 476603 Driver Canadian Field Artillery
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Born 1888
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1045766
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Born 1893
Canadian Expeditionary Force 75253 Private 29th Vancouver Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots
Other Empire Force First Lieutenant American Expeditionary Force
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Born 1889
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Agnes Huston -
Born 1891
British Army M2/032283 Private Royal Army Service Corps
Other Empire Force 4714595 Private American Expeditionary Force - III Corps 160th Infantry Brigade - 80th Infantry Division
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Born 1893
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73176 Acting Serjeant Royal Air Force Canada
More about Addison Emmett Pereau -
Born 1890
Died 1928
Other Empire Force Nurse American Red Cross Fox Hills Base Hospital, Staten Island, NY
Other Empire Force Nurse American Red Cross relief unit
Other Empire Force Nurse American Red Cross Base Hospital 136, Vannes, France
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Born 1875
Died 1968
Canadian Expeditionary Force 212th Battalion (American Legion)
Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 97th Battalion
Canadian Expeditionary Force Major 100th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers)
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More about George Clark Hart