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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
690352
Age:
24
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
52nd Bn.
Birth:
April 15, 1894
London, Ontario
Enlistment:
February 28, 1916
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
September 28, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. F. 37.
Additional information
Son of Richard G. Darby, of Hamilton, Ontario. Husband of Marilla G. Darby (nee Dimmick), of Hamilton, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Medal, London Gazette No. 30652 dated 23 April 1918.
Digital gallery of Corporal Arthur Thorne Darby
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Photo of Arthur Darby
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Letter (Page 1 of 7)
Page 1 of a letter written by the widow of Arthur Thorne Darby. -
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Grave marker
photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 387 of 1140. He was originally buried in Delmadge British Cemetery, located 2 ¼ West of Cambrai. After the Armistice his body was exhumed and re-interred in ANNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY. -
War Diary
Excerpt from CEF War diaries - 52nd Canadian Infantry Battalion (August 1918) Not part of caption - the image was downloaded from LAC. The original URL was: http://data2.archives.ca/e/e045/e001117129.jpg
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Thorne Darby
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Thorne Darby
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Thorne Darby
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Thorne Darby
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Thorne Darby
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Thorne Darby
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Thorne Darby
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Thorne Darby
Digital gallery of
Corporal Arthur Thorne Darby
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 394 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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