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Military service
Service number:
116514
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
August 24, 1885
North Sunderland, England
Enlistment:
July 5, 1915
Vernon, British Columbia
Death:
November 26, 1916
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Son of the late Joseph and Kate Heron, of Littlestone, Kent, England.
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Inscription
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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Richard Oliver Heron
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Private Richard Oliver Heron
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 102 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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