Talk:John McCrae

Lord Macaulay

 * In 1855, British historian Lord Macaulay, writing about the site of the Battle of Landen (in modern Belgium, not far from Ypres) in 1693, wrote "The next summer the soil, fertilised by twenty thousand corpses, broke forth into millions of poppies. The traveller who, on the road from Saint Tron to Tirlemont, saw that vast sheet of rich scarlet spreading from Landen to Neerwinden, could hardly help fancying that the figurative prediction of the Hebrew prophet was literally accomplished, that the earth was disclosing her blood,[11] and refusing to cover the slain."[citation needed]

What is this piece, (which requires citation) and that is seemingly unrelated to the article doing here? Mastomer (talk) 20:00, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

McCrae House
This article should also mention the McCrae House in Guelph (http://guelpharts.ca/mccraehouse/), as well as John McCrae Public School (also in Guelph, http://homer.ugdsb.on.ca/jmccrae/index.htm).

Canada was not part of the British Empire at this point. They gained independance in 1867. They were part of the British Commonwealth. BIG DIFFERENCE.


 * Not quite. Canadian Confederation, Statute of Westminster 1931, Canada Act 1982, Commonwealth of Nations...the Commonwealth did not even exist yet when McCrae was alive. Adam Bishop 03:31, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

We were part of the British Commonwealth due to the British North America Act of 1867. The Canada act of 1982 was a revision of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We were still adopting the guidelines put forth by the BNA Act until then. Canada did not gain full independence until 1982, were the Westminister Act of 1931 was just an act giving Canada a more independant role from Britan, ie: The engagement of WWII.

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Query About Virtual Cemetery
Does anyone know if a virtual cemetery for McCrae exists at Find a Grave? None is mentioned in the Wikipedia entry. MacLennan123Maclennan123 (talk) 04:51, 28 April 2012 (UTC)


 * https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5758/john-mccrae
 * https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61699463/john-mccrae Drmissio (talk) 04:01, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Very Poor
He attended the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute. He was eventually promoted to Captain and commanded the company. He took a year off his studies at the university due to recurring problems with asthma.

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How did he join the military at age 5?
I may have accidently uploaded a picture here somewhere on this wiki page? Just check the summary table on the right to see that he is 5 years old when joining the guelph something. CoreCount (talk) 03:03, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The text states he joined as a bugler, and he was 15 at the time, not 5. Mind  matrix  11:29, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Reading is hard when sleep deprived, sorry! CoreCount (talk) 23:03, 23 May 2024 (UTC)