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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
37
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
28th Bn.
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
November 10, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 22.
Additional information
Husband of Mrs. R. M. Cullum, of Regina, Saskatchewan. Graduate, 1905, Toronto Medicals; also Graduate Edinburgh and Glasgow, L.R.C.P. and S.
Additional citations
Gazette Issue 29528 published on the 28 March 1916. <P> Croix de Guerre and a Bar to his Military Cross.
Digital gallery of Captain John Arthur Cullum
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Newspaper Clipping
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Honour Roll
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Grave marker
Photo courtesy of Craig B. Cameron. -
Cemetery
Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Photo courtesy of Craig B. Cameron. -
Photo of John Cullum
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Photo of John Cullum
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1918. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The names of the fallen were carved on the Memorial Screen, which can be seen at photo left. K. Parks -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Crossley to Cyrs. Microform Sequence 25; Volume Number 31829_B016734. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 169. Page 309 of 890. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of John Arthur Cullum
Capt. John Arthur Cullum, M.C. and Bar, Croix de Guerre. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Morning Leader c.1916.......Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Morning Leader c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 73 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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