John McCrae

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae
McCrae c. 1914
Born	(1872-11-30)November 30, 1872 Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Died	January 28, 1918(1918-01-28) (aged 45) Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Occupation(s)	Poet, physician, author, lieutenant colonel of the Canadian Expeditionary Force
Known for	Author of "In Flanders Fields"
Relatives	Thomas McCrae (brother)
Military Service
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Canadian Militia Canadian Expeditionary Force
Years of service	1887-1918
Rank	Gunner Lieutenant Lieutenant Colonel
Unit	Guelph Field Artillery (1887-99) 'D' Battery, CFA (1900) 1st Brigade, CFA (1914-15) Canadian Army Medical Corps (1916-1918)
Battles/wars	Second Boer War Battle of Belfast Battle of Leliefontein First World War Second Battle of Ypres Western Front

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during the First World War and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields". McCrae died of pneumonia near the end of the war. His famous poem is a threnody, a genre of lament.