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Military service
Service number:
18790
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
July 27, 1880
Enlistment:
Edmonton, Ontario
Death:
December 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 17.
Additional information
Son of John and Elizabeth (née Moore) of Millthorpe, New South Wales. Also known as Jack, he was born in 1883 and was the second youngest son to a family of five boys and one girl.
Digital gallery of Private John Harold Davis
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Christmas Card
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Letter from John Davis - p. 1
The letter was 4 pages in length and dated Dec. 6, 1915. John was killed on 24th Dec. 24, 1915. We would imagine that the letter may have arrived in Australia about the time the family was notified of his death. -
Letter from John Davis - p. 2
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Letter from John Davis - p. 3
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Letter from John Davis - p. 4
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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 1027 of 1140. -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press Jan. 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Harold Davis
Digital gallery of
Private John Harold Davis
Digital gallery of
Private John Harold Davis
Digital gallery of
Private John Harold Davis
Digital gallery of
Private John Harold Davis
Digital gallery of
Private John Harold Davis
Digital gallery of
Private John Harold Davis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 11 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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