The ship is identified as the long-lost USS Cygnus, a ship McCrae's father, Ensign Frank McCrae, served aboard when it went missing.

McCrae was appointed as a field surgeon in the Canadian artillery and was in charge of a field hospital during the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915.

From June 1, 1915 McCrae was ordered away from the artillery to set up No. 3 Canadian General Hospital at Dannes-Camiers near Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France.

" In Flanders Fields " is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.

Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae, MD ( November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918 ) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium.

Jane McCrea ( sometimes spelled McCrae or MacCrae, 1752 – July 27, 1777 ) was a young woman who was purportedly slain by Native Americans associated with the British army of Lieutenant General John Burgoyne during the American Revolutionary War.

It was during the Second Battle of Ypres that Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae M. D.

Cosgrave stated that the poem " In Flanders Fields " by fellow Canadian and friend Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae was written upon a scrap of paper upon the back of Colonel Cosgrave during a lull in the bombings on May 3, 1915 after he witnessed the death of his friend, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, the day before.

Turner was married on May 11, 1963, to Geills McCrae Kilgour ( b. 1937 ) who was a great-niece of Canadian Army doctor John McCrae, the author of what is probably the best-known First World War poem In Flanders Fields, and sister of David Kilgour, a long-time Canadian Member of Parliament.

At the age of 41, McCrae enrolled with the Canadian Expeditionary Force following the outbreak of the First World War.

* " In Flanders Fields ", a 1915 World War I poem by Lt-Col John McCrae

After the Civil War, Call and McCrae are sent in pursuit of Blue Duck and his band of renegades.

Perhaps the best-known rondeau is the following World War I poem, In Flanders Fields, by John McCrae:

Accomplished alumni include: Col. John McCrae ( Author of “ In Flanders Fields .”), Hugh C. Guthrie ( Canadian federal opposition leader, leader of the Conservative Party ), Ed Joliffe ( one of three GCVI Rhodes Scholars and founder of the Ontario CCF, and opposition leader in the Ontario House ), George Alexander Drew ( Mayor of Guelph, Premier of Ontario, Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, Leader of the Conservative Party, Ambassador to the UK, founding chairman of the Ontario Securities Commission, World War I hero ).

Reinhardt explains that after his ship encountered a meteor field and was disabled, he ordered the crew to return to Earth, but Kate's father ( Ensign McCrae ) chose to remain aboard and has since died.

Brother Dr. John McCrae ( Θ Ξ ' 94 ), a serviceman in the Canadian army, who like so many other men did not return at the close of conflict.

Shortly before Christmas 2007, Desirae McCrae became the latest former 106. 1 personality to return to the new WJJZ, and she was in charge of the weekend shift.

John McCrae was a poet and physician from Guelph, Ontario.

He considered himself a soldier first ; his father was a military leader in Guelph and McCrae grew up believing in the duty of fighting for his country and empire.

According to tradition, McCrae was unsatisfied with his work.

McCrae was convinced to submit the poem for publication.

Another story of the poem's origin claimed that Helmer's funeral was actually held on the morning of May 2 after which McCrae wrote the poem in 20 minutes.

A third claim, by Morrison, was that McCrae worked on the poem as time allowed between the times wounded arrived for medical attention.

It was published anonymously, though Punch attributed the poem to McCrae in its year-end index.

McCrae received numerous letters and telegrams praising his work when he was revealed as the author.

It was translated into numerous languages, so many that McCrae himself quipped that " it needs only Chinese now, surely ".

McCrae, a staunch supporter of the empire and the war effort, was pleased with the impact his poem had in the election.

McCrae was moved to the medical corps and stationed in Boulogne, France, in June 1915 where he was named lieutenant-colonel in charge of medicine at the Number 3 Canadian General Hospital.

He was well received by his fellow writers, George Gordon McCrae, Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and others, but Kendall had none of the qualities of a successful journalist, though some of his work was accepted by the press and George Robertson published his second volume, Leaves from Australian Forests, soon after his arrival.

The poet found that he could not make a living by literature and, probably by the good offices of George Gordon McCrae, a temporary position was found for him in the government statist's office.

One day McCrae was called out into the passage to see Kendall, an agitated, trembling figure who told him he must go, he could not stand it any longer.

McCrae was a good friend to Kendall and he had many other friends in spite of his retiring and sensitive nature.

A pathetic letter is still in existence, in which Kendall tells McCrae that he could not go to Gordon's funeral because he was penniless.

However, while working on demos for KC & the Sunshine Band the song, " Rock Your Baby " ( George McCrae ) was created featuring Smith on guitar, and became a number one hit in 51 countries in mid 1974.

The band's " Queen of Clubs ", which featured uncredited vocals by McCrae, was a hit in the UK, peaking at # 7, and they went on tour there in 1975.

MCCRAE: The McCrae Building was the first extension to Enfield Technical College.

On May 9, 1988, McCrae was appointed Attorney-General ( renamed Minister of Justice and Attorney-General ) in 1990, Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Minister of Cooperative Development, with responsibility for Constitutional Affairs and the Liquor Control Act.

McCrae performed the burial service himself, at which time he noted how poppies quickly grew around the graves of those who died at Ypres.

McCrae had no doubt about Kendall having at times given way to excessive drinking, but stated positively that he had never actually seen him the worse for drink.

McCrae worked on his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Toronto in 1892 – 93.

Among his papers in the John McCrae House in Guelph is a letter he wrote on 18 July 1893 to Laura Kains while he trained as an artilleryman at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario.

On January 28, 1918, while still commanding No. 3 Canadian General Hospital ( McGill ) at Boulogne, McCrae died of pneumonia with " extensive pneumococcus meningitis ".

In 1906, George Gordon McCrae wrote two letters to a local schoolmaster at Dromana, Mr G. H.

His subject was his earliest recollections of an idyllic boyhood spent at Arthur's Seat Run, location of the historic McCrae Homestead on the coast of the southern shores of the Bay, part of Mornington Peninsula.

They purchased the pre-emptive right of 640 acres, which extended from the McCrae coast to the park boundary at the south end of Cook St.

British-Australian artist Georgiana McCrae produced many of her paintings at Cape Schanck.

Robert Duvall patterned the role of Gus McCrae in the television series Lonesome Dove after Baugh, particularly his arm movements, after visiting him at his home in Texas in 1988.

McCrae died 15 August 1927 at Hawthorn in Melbourne, survived by four of his six children, including Dorothy Frances Perry, also an author.

At least four sets of researchers have worked independently for decades on this problem and have identified generally the same Big Five factors: Tupes & Cristal were first, followed by Goldberg at the Oregon Research Institute, Cattell at the University of Illinois, and Costa and McCrae at the National Institutes of Health.

McCrae was then brought back to end another period of failure at the Warden Street Showgrounds.

In 1891, Archibald delivered a paper entitled " Ancient Wreck at Warrnambool ," to the Royal Geographical Society, and this appears to mark the end of his active involvement. In 1910, having conducted further research, George Gordon McCrae also delivered a paper to the Geographical Society.