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Military service
Service number:
81426
Age:
23
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
July 5, 1893
Rutherford, Ontario
Enlistment:
December 16, 1914
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
April 8, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of George Thomas of Waniska, Saskatchewan and Christina Iden, of Dresden, Ontario. Brother of Mrs. Charles Burr.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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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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Corporal Orval Yax Iden
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Corporal Orval Yax Iden
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Corporal Orval Yax Iden
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 261 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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