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Military service
Service number:
79789
Age:
50
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
September 16, 1869
Wiltshire, England
Enlistment:
November 24, 1914
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
August 26, 1920
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
45.14. 2.
Additional information
Son of Thomas Tanner, of Wiltshire, England; husband of the late Selena Tanner, of Elgin, Nebraska, United States of America.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
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Grave Marker
Grave of 79789 Pvt. Thomas Tanner who served with the 31st Battn. C.E.F. Born in Wiltshire England on Sept. 16th 1874. (Real D.O.B. Sept. 16 1869) He listed himself as a Widower. Thomas enlisted into the C.E.F. at Calgary Alberta on Nov. 24th 1914 listing his occupation as "Farmer" Thomas died at Vancouver BC on Aug. 26th 1920 at the age of 50. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC -
Monument
Memorial cross in the section where 79789 Pvt. Thomas Tanner was laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC -
Cemetery
Cemetery view of the section where 79789 Pvt. Thomas Tanner was laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC
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Private Thomas Tanner
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Tanner
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Tanner
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Commemorated on:
Page 554 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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