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Military service
Service number:
11126
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Birth:
October 1, 1890
Enlistment:
Milton, Ontario
Death:
June 16, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Alfred Ernest Davis
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Obituary of Pte. Alfred Ernest Davis (born Aurora Ont.) from the Toronto Daily Star July 30/1915. Caption on photo and in article is incorrect. It uses Pte. Davis' late father's name. Newpaper clipping has been kept by family for almost 100 years now and is treasured memento of his sacrifice. His name is also engraved on the cenotaph on Yonge St. in Aurora. -
Group Photo
Aurora Ontario boys prior to shipping out in WWI. Second soldier kneeling from left is Pte. Alfred Ernest (Ernie) Davis. He was killed in action June 16/1915. The photo was taken in the Aurora Town Park by his brother Benjamin F. Davis an Aurora businessman. Photo and 1880 glass negative camera and tripod that took the picture are in the possesion of Ernie's great nephew Robert. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of ALFRED ERNEST DAVIS
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Ernest Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Ernest Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Ernest Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Ernest Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Ernest Davis
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Ernest Davis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 11 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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