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Military service
Service number:
178250
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Death:
October 22, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Block 45. Plot 2. Lot I.
Additional information
Son of Caleb and Elizabeth Holliday, of Linslade, Bucks, England; husband of Emma Holliday, of Kin, St., Over, Cambs., England.
Digital gallery of Private John Holliday
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Grave marker
Grave of 178250 Pvt. John Herbert Holliday who served with the 1st Battn. C.E.F. Born in Gibbon England on Sept. 3rd 1892. Husband of Emma Holliday, he enlisted in the 87th Battn, (Replacements) at St. Johns Quebec on Feb. 29th 1916, he listed his occupation as "Corn Traveller". He died in Vancouver Bc on Oct. 22nd 1918 at the age of 25. -
Cross of Sacrifice
Memorial Cross in the section where 178250 Pvt. John Herbert Holliday is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Vancouver Mountain View Cemetery
Cemetery view of the section where 178250 Pvt. John Herbert Holliday is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Canadian Grenadiars Guards Memorial Book
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of John Holliday
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Private John Holliday
Digital gallery of
Private John Holliday
Digital gallery of
Private John Holliday
Digital gallery of
Private John Holliday
Digital gallery of
Private John Holliday
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 430 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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