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Winnipeg, Manitoba [44]

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Canadian Infantry [9]

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Canadian Expeditionary Force [36]

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Military Service [54]

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Canada [7]

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People [55] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Winnipeg, Manitoba [44] Manitoba, Winnipeg [2] Winnipeg Manitoba [2] Winnipeg, Manitoba. [2] Gimli, Manitoba, Winnipeg. [1] Rat Portage, Winnipeg, Manitoba [1] Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada [1] Winnipeg, Manitoba [1] Winnipeg. Manitoba [1]

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Private [10] Captain [6] Nursing Sister [4] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Corporal [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Cadet [1] Lieutenant, acting Captain [1] Major [1] Private. [1] Sapper [1]

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Canadian Infantry [9] Canadian Army Medical Corps [4] Canadian Engineers [2] London Regiment [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry [1] 210 Squadron [1] 213th Squadron [1] 44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry [1] 52nd (96th Lake Superior Regiment) Battalion [1] 7th Infantry Brigade - 3rd Canadian Division [1] 90th Regiment Winnipeg Rifles [1] Canadian Expeditionary Forces [1] Canadian Forestry Corps [1] Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) [1] Canadian Infantry - Manitoba Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry, 222nd Overseas Battalion [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps. [1] Manitoba Regiment [1] Royal Air Force [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Canadian Expeditionary Force [36] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] Royal Navy [4] British Army [3] Other Empire Force [1]

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B [13] M [8] S [6] C [5] G [5] P [5] H [3] J [3] A [2] E [1] K [1] L [1] N [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [54]

Country

Canada [7] United Kingdom [1]

Agnes Browning Baird

Born 1889

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Leslie Maxwell Moffat

Born 1893

Died 1952

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major 44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Won his M.C. at Vimy Ridge

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Gordon Leslie Ayre

Born 1903

Died 1986

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2663611

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Lola Bell

Born 1885

Died 1951

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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William Henry Lashley

Born 1882

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2373383

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Lawrence B Gibson

Born 1899

Canadian Expeditionary Force 922728

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John Rupert Lawrence Baisley

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Gordon Lane Shanks

Born 1891

Canadian Expeditionary Force 292459 Private Canadian Infantry, 222nd Overseas Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Second Lieutenant Canadian Infantry

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Arthur Harry Sorenson

Born 1894

Canadian Expeditionary Force 623009

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Russel Wilfred Cross

Born 1891

Royal Navy F6561

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Albert Edward Jackson

Born 1891

Royal Navy M5828

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Albert Edward Jackson

Born 1891

Royal Navy SS3345

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Edgar Hugh Ernest Matheson

Born 1892

Canadian Expeditionary Force 29360 Private 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

British Army Lieutenant, acting Captain Yorkshire Regiment 2nd battalion, west Battalion

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Douglas Lorn Cameron

Born 1888

Died 1942

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Stanley Boyd

Born 1891

Royal Navy K8332

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