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Military service
Age:
40
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
239th Bn.
Death:
July 16, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 1. 25. 6.
Additional information
Son of Emmeline R. Marpole, of Assembly Hotel, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., and Richard Marpole; husband of Mary Gifford Powell (formerly Marpole), of Vancouver. R.G.E.H.
Digital gallery of Captain Clarence Mawson Marpole
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Family Headstone
Grave of Captain & Adjutant Charence Mawson Marpole Who served with the 3rd Battn. Canadian Railway Troops C.E.F. (239th Battn) Born in Barry Ontario on March 4th 1878 He enlisted at Vancouver BC on Sept. 18th 1916. he listed prior military service with the 72nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. His occupation was listed as "Merchant". His wife Mary G. Marpole lived in Shaughnessy Heights Vancouver BC. Captain Marpole Died in Vancouver BC while on furlough on July 16th 1918 at the age of 40. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Inscription
Close up of the grave of Captain & Adjutant Charence Mawson Marpole Who served with the 3rd Battn. Canadian Railway Troops C.E.F. (239th Battn) Born in Barry Ontario on March 4th 1878 He enlisted at Vancouver BC on Sept. 18th 1916. he listed prior military service with the 72nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. His occupation was listed as "Merchant". His wife Mary G. Marpole lived in Shaughnessy Heights Vancouver BC. Captain Marpole Died in Vancouver BC while on furlough on July 16th 1918 at the age of 40. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Memorial Cross
Memorial Cross in the cemetery where Captain & Adjutant Charence Mawson Marpole Who served with the 3rd Battn. Canadian Railway Troops C.E.F. (239th Battn) was laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of July 17, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y190uvic/mode/1up?view=theater -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province June 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province June 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Clarence Mawson Marpole
Digital gallery of
Captain Clarence Mawson Marpole
Digital gallery of
Captain Clarence Mawson Marpole
Digital gallery of
Captain Clarence Mawson Marpole
Digital gallery of
Captain Clarence Mawson Marpole
Digital gallery of
Captain Clarence Mawson Marpole
Digital gallery of
Captain Clarence Mawson Marpole
Digital gallery of
Captain Clarence Mawson Marpole
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 467 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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