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Military service
Service number:
730225
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
52nd Bn.
Birth:
February 13, 1897
Death:
September 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Joseph Douglas (R.N.) and Elizabeth Douglas, of Dublin, Ireland.
Digital gallery of Private John Joseph Douglas
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Photo of John Joseph Douglas
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
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) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 493 of 1076.
Digital gallery of
Private John Joseph Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private John Joseph Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private John Joseph Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private John Joseph Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private John Joseph Douglas
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 230 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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