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Corporal Robert John MacRae

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1890-08-17
Place of birth: Boularderie Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Jessie MacRae, mother. Hanley, Saskatchewan
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Surveyor Engineer
Occupation (normalized): Other Engineers, Draughtsman, General
Address: Hanley, Saskatchewan
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1956-07-26

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 259144
Highest Rank: Corporal
Rank detail

Corporal (British Army).

Degree of service: Canada
Survived war: yes

Images

Robert MacRae with Nephew Frank Roderick MacRae 1918
Robert MacRae with Nephew Frank Roderick MacRae 1918
Robert John MacRae prior to enlistment
Robert John MacRae prior to enlistment

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 168298
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B7205-S011
Uploader's Notes:

siblings who also enlisted:

434305 MacRae Roderick 259143 McRae FrankNA MacRae Jessie Ann
Uploader's Research notes:

From an email written by his nephew Frank Pearson: (2006)

In 1940 the war was on and there came a big push to provide power for the airports that were built for
flyer training for the RCAF. I worked for him for the four summers and went to University from Sept to May. It seems to me we covered Sask pretty thoroughly as these airfields were built all over the place. We also spent some time in Alberta working on two prisoner of war camps at Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. For them we built not only the power lines but also the barbed wire fences surrounding them. The fences were actually two fences spaced 12 feet apart. The posts were square (probably 4x4) and each had an arm about two feet long at 45 degrees to the vertical to discourage climbing
over the fence to escape.

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2008-04-30
Last modified: 2021-07-07