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Sergeant ERNEST A. McGIRR

Service Number: 75018
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

2nd Div.

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

H. 38.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Alice and the late William McGirr, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • Personal Inscription "BE PREPARED" HIS MEMORY A SACRED TRUST STILL GLOWS
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Buried or commemorated at

BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 443
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