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Military service
Service number:
844560
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
47th Bn.
Birth:
May 2, 1894
Death:
September 3, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Morley Howie
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Photo of Morley Howie
Enlisted with the 149th Battalion in March 1915. Transferred to the Military Police, London, England. Transferred to the 61st Battalion, and was killed in action at Lens. -
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) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Morley Howie
Digital gallery of
Private Morley Howie
Digital gallery of
Private Morley Howie
Digital gallery of
Private Morley Howie
Digital gallery of
Private Morley Howie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 432 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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