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WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
November 30th, 1872 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. He was born in the Guelph Ontario.
He established his medical career at McGill University was appointed a professor of pathology at University of Vermont in Burlington. He was also an author and a poet.
In 1910 he accompanied the then Governor General Earl Grey, as the expedition Doctor, on a month-long canoe trip from Norway House on Lake Winnipeg to Hudson Bay.
He first served in the Boer War and returned home to pursue his medical career.
He returned to battle at the age of 42 in 1914 at the start of WWI. In 1915 he was given the rank of Major and while stationed in Ypres, Belgium he was brigade-surgeon to the First Brigade of the Canadian Forces Artillery. He earned the ranks of Lieutenant Colonel. He treated soldiers from the battles of Somme, Vimy Ridge, Arras and Passchendaele.
During the battle in Ypres, McCrae composed the famous and most recognized poem, In Flanders Fields. He was surrounded by Poppies and graves with simple wooden crosses.
The poem was first published in December of 1915 and is the inspiration for Canada adopting the poppy as Canada’s official Flower of Remembrance.
John McCrae suffered from asthma as a child and in December 1917 his health had declined. He lost his life to pneumonia and meningitis January 28th 1917. He is buried in Wimereux France.
We continue to remember and honour each year wearing a poppy the symbol to remember all those who gave their lives as well as those that continue to serve for us. When we recite the poem, “In Flanders Field we give a voice to those who are no longer with us.
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