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Military service
Service number:
712679
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
78th Bn.
Birth:
April 5, 1894
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
March 9, 1916
Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Death:
August 25, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. B. 12.
Additional information
Son of Samuel G. and Emma J. Corney, of Port Borden, Prince Edward Island.
Digital gallery of Private George Sydney Corney
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Statue
Erected by the Imperial Order of the Odd Fellows, this memorial granite statue and shaft at MacEwen's Road Cemetery, MacEwen Road, Summerside, PE is dedicated to four local men killed during the First World War. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [front/devant] KILLED IN WAR 1914-1918 J.M. MCKAY G.T. METHERALL T.C. HIERLIHY G.S. CORNEY http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=962 Photo Credit: Sgt. G.E. Gallant -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI TO COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 151 of 900.
Digital gallery of
Private George Sydney Corney
Digital gallery of
Private George Sydney Corney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 389 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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