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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 17.05.1916
  • Place of enlistment: Calgary, Alberta.
  • Service no: 737011
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards: Military Medal
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 19th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 24
  • Date of Death: 20.09.1918
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: VI.H.22.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 04.12.1893
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Telephone Engineer
  • Mother:

    Agnes Cant Strachan, McLeod Valley, Alberta

  • Father:

    John Strachan

  • Siblings:

    William

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about Robert Lindsay Strachan

For more information on Robert, visit, Robert’s Memorial and Robert’s Service Record

For reasons known Robert Strachan is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour

Robert was the brother of Trooper William Francis Strachan, 13th Canadian Mounted Rifles.

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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