John McCrae
Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during the First World War and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields". McCrae died of pneumonia near the end of the war. His famous poem is a threnody, a genre of lament.
Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae | |
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McCrae c. 1914 | |
| Born | November 30, 1872 Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | January 28, 1918 (aged 45) Boulogne-sur-Mer, France |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, physician, author, lieutenant colonel of the Canadian Expeditionary Force |
| Known for | Author of "In Flanders Fields" |
| Relatives | Thomas McCrae (brother) |
| Military Service | |
| Allegiance | Canada |
| Service/ | Canadian Militia Canadian Expeditionary Force |
| Years of service | 1887-1918 |
| Rank | Gunner Lieutenant Lieutenant Colonel |
| Unit | Guelph Field Artillery (1887-99) 'D' Battery, CFA (1900) 1st Brigade, CFA (1914-15) Canadian Army Medical Corps (1916-1918) |
| Battles/wars | Second Boer War
First World War
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