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John McCrae
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Born
November 30
,
1872
·
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Died
January 28
,
1918
·
Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais, France
(pneumonia and meningitis)
Mini Bio
John McCrae was born on November 30, 1872 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He was a writer, known for
Memories (1929)
,
Armistice (1929)
and
John McCrae's War: In Flanders Fields (1998)
. He died on January 28, 1918 in Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Trivia
The opening of his poem "In Flanders Fields" appears on the reverse of the new Canadian $10 banknote.
Canadian Army physician, whose most famous poem, "In Flanders Fields", was published in Punch magazine in 1915.
Interred at Wimereux Communal Cemetary, Wimereux, France; plot 4, row H grave 3.
Pictured on a 5¢ Canadian commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor, 15 October 1968 (50th anniversary of year of his death).
Great-uncle of Geills McCrae Kilgour wife of John Turner (XC).
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