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Military service
Service number:
727431
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private George Albert Drinkall
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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 929 of 1076. His grave was located 1 mile East of Loos, France. Subsequently, the grave could not be found, hence his sacrifice is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. -
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 George Albert Drinkall
Digital gallery of
Private George Albert Drinkall
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 230 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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