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Private MATTHEW RAE

Service Number: 109558
Regiment & Unit/Ship

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion

Date of Death

Died 19 March 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KORTRIJK (ST. JAN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

A. 56.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of the Rev. Frank Rae and Bessie A. Rae, of The Manse, Unionville, Ontario. Born at Uddingston, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription WHO BEST CAN DRINK HIS CUP OF WOE TRIUMPHANT OVER PAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

KORTRIJK (ST. JAN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 255
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