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Military service
Service number:
552385
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
78th Bn.
Birth:
January 26, 1888
Death:
February 23, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. B. 2.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Douglas, of Closeburn, Dumfries, Scotland; husband of Elizabeth Allardyce, Douglas, of 959/5th Street, Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Private John Wright Douglas
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery
A panoramic view of the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May they rest in peace. (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 497 of 1076.
Digital gallery of
Private John Wright Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private John Wright Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private John Wright Douglas
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 230 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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