Private John McRae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
MILITARY INFORMATION
- Private, 18th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
Cross of St. George, 4th Class (Russia)
Date of award: 1918-01-14
Source: London Gazette # 30476
Comment: OSHAWA MAN HONORED
Pte. John McRae, 116th Batt., Won Russian Decoration
The Russian Cross of St. George presented by his Excellency the Govenor-General on Wednesday last was awarded to the late Pte. John McRae, of the 116th Ontario County Battalion. Pte. McRae died in Whitby Hospital, so the medal was presented to his wife, Mrs. Margaret McRae, of 186 Church street, Oshawa. He was not the same Pte. John McRae, the native of Levis, who went oversreas with the 75th Battalion, as reported on Wednesday.
Toronto Evening Telegram. May 11, 1918.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Son of John McRae and Margaret McRae (nee Colquhoun) of 27 Albert St., Alexandria, Scotland; husband of Margaret McRae (later Cookson) of 45 Holly Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario
Invalided to Canada for medical treatment
OSHAWA MAN HONORED
Pte. John McRae, 116th Batt., Won Russian Decoration
The Russian Cross of St. George presented by his Excellency the Govenor-General on Wednesday last was awarded to the late Pte. John McRae, of the 116th Ontario County Battalion. Pte. McRae died in Whitby Hospital, so the medal was presented to his wife, Mrs. Margaret McRae, of 186 Church street, Oshawa. He was not the same Pte. John McRae, the native of Levis, who went oversreas with the 75th Battalion, as reported on Wednesday.
Toronto Evening Telegram. May 11, 1918.
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