memorial plaque
Report a Mistake- Object Number 20050102-008
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Event
1914-1919 First World War
1916 Battle of the Somme - Affiliation --
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Artist / Maker / Manufacturer
Preston, Edward Carter
Royal Arsenal - Date Made 1918-1920
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Personal symbol
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1918/01/31
- Latest 1920/12/31
- Inscription (obverse/avers): HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR FREDERICK McMEEKIN; E.C.P.; 13 (reverse/verso): W
- Materials Bronze
- Branch Canadian Army Medical Corps
- Rank Private
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Unit No 2 Field Ambulance
- Person / Institution Subject, McMeekin, Private Frederick
- Measurements Thickness 0.5 cm, Outside Diameter 12.0 cm
- Caption Medals Project- McMeekin, Frederick
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Additional Information
Frederick McMeekin was born in Ottawa, Ontario, on 26 November 1892.
A fireman, McMeekin enlisted in the Canadian Army Medical Corps in Ottawa on 22 February 1915. He was killed at Courcelette on 27 September 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. His body was not recovered.
Frederick McMeekin is commemorated on the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, on Vimy Ridge, in France.