Dr. (Lt. Col.) John McCrea dies of pneumonia while serving in France, January 28, 1918.

Funeral of Lt. Col. John McCrea who died on this day in 1918.  This Canadian work is in the public domain in Canada because its copyright has expired due to one of the following:it was subject to Crown copyright and was first published more than 50 years ago, or it was not subject to Crown copyright, and it is a photograph that was created prior to January 1, 1949, the creator died more than 50 years ago. 

McCrea was a Canadian physician serving in the Canadian forces (a relative of mine served in the same hospital and mentioned him by name in her correspondence).  While serving in that capacity he contracted pneumonia and passed away on this day, in 1918.

McCrea is most famous for the poem In Flanders Fields, arguably the most famous poem to come out of the Great War, in what was a very poetic age it seems.