John McCrae                            

"In Flanders fields the poppies blow…" John McCrae wrote this line while at war. These words come from McCrae's poem:" In Flanders fields". Mr. McCrae was born on November 30, 1872 and was raised in his birth place: Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Many years later, John started attending classes at the University of Toronto. In 1900, he stated going to McGill University in Montréal. Mr. McCrae served as an artillery subaltern from 1899-1900 in the Canadian Contingent during the Boer war in South Africa. Thereafter, John McCrae became a Sargent. Just then, on July 8, 1914, the First World War started. Later John McCrae went to war and stated fighting in Ypres, Belgium on April of 1915 and became the officer of medicine. I think that war is brutal and gruesome. The only reason soldiers go to war is because they need to protect us. Many months later on June 1, 1915, John was transferred to Boulogne No.3 General Hospital as the officer of medicine. Earlier that day Mr. McCrae wrote his new poem: "In Flanders fields". Months later "In Flanders fields" was published by Punch magazine on December 8, 1915. John was allowed to keep his positions until his death. On January 28, 1918, John died due to pneumonia. John McCrae died at the age of 45. The war ended on November 11, 1918. John McCrae was enlisted in the first Canadian Contingent just after the First World War.
Kris