Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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George Etrick Rainey
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: 19.04.1915
- Place of enlistment: Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Service no: 622926
- Rank: Sergeant
- Service Occupation:
- Awards: Military Medal & Bar
- Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
- Unit/Ship: 44th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 25
- Date of Death: 10.04.1917
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Canadian Cemetery No2, Neuville-St. Vaast
- Grave/Mem Ref no: 2.C.7.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 12.09.1892
- Place of Birth: Jarrow, England
- Address: 593 Dufferin Ave, Winnipeg, Canada
- Occupation: Fireman
- Mother:
Georgina E. Rainey, 593 Dufferin Ave, Winnipeg, Canada
- Father:
William Rainey, 593 Dufferin Ave, Winnipeg, Canada
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about George Etrick Rainey
George is not listed in the original Dundee Roll of Honour but is remembered on the Operative Mason Lodge No47 Dundee’s Roll of Honour.
For more information on George, visit his Memorial and Canadian Service Record also his Circumstances of Death File.
Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson
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