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/George Irvine Baillie

Lieutenant George Irvine Baillie was a McGill University Chemical Engineering student, born in the city of Montreal, Canada, who served in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force during the First World War. He was born on July 30th, 1893 and died in combat on August 8th, 1918, which was the first day of the Battle of Amiens. He was a member of McGill's Officer Training Corps for one year before submitting an application to join the military in June 1915. His military attestation papers are available on the Library and Archives Canada website.