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Military service
Service number:
651449
Age:
40
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
47th Bn.
Birth:
April 30, 1883
Death:
September 3, 1918
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Mrs Catherine Rolston. of Paisley, Ontario
Digital gallery of Private John Rolston
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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) -
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Rolston
Digital gallery of
Private John Rolston
Digital gallery of
Private John Rolston
Digital gallery of
Private John Rolston
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 494 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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