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Source: January 1919 casualty found through CWGC web site.
Brother to Private William Scobie, reg. no. 54363. Private William Scobie, reg. no. 54363 died of wounds June 6, 1916, 3 and a half months before Colin arrived with the 18th Battalion.
Family Search: When Private Colin Scobie was born on 23 February 1882, in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Scobbie, was 33 and his mother, Janet Houston, was 30. He lived in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 33, his occupation is listed as engine fitter. He died on 26 January 1919, in Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 36, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
Date 1919-01-27. Page 2.
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1919-02-01
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Photographs by the author of this soldier’s grave at Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton, New Brunswick. September 11, 2022.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 