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Military service
Service number:
442510
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
November 26, 1892
Death:
April 29, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 35.
Additional information
Only son of J. W. and Bridget Wood, of Canyon, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private John Ernest Wood
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Creston War Memorial
War Memorial, Creston & District, British Columbia. Also included are names from men from nearby Erickson and Wynndel. The Cenotaph was unveiled on November 11th, 1922. There are 26 names inscribed on the granite memorial representing those local men who died during World War One. A stone panel was added at a later date to include 29 names of those who died during World War Two. Located at 137 11th Avenue North, in front of the local Royal Canadian Legion (Branch 29). In honoured memory. -
Inscription
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Creston War Memorial
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Photo of JOHN ERNEST WOOD
John Ernest Wood
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Private John Ernest Wood
Digital gallery of
Private John Ernest Wood
Digital gallery of
Private John Ernest Wood
Digital gallery of
Private John Ernest Wood
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 184 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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