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Military service
Age:
28
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
May 17, 1890
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
November 10, 1914
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 28, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
D. 25.
Additional information
Son of William Bole et Julia Ann Mills of 40, Edgar Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant James Gordon Bole
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Photo of JAMES GORDON BOLE
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of JAMES GORDON BOLE
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Honour Roll
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Osgoode Hall War Memorial
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Newspaper Clipping 2
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of James Bole
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 James Bole
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Photo of James Gordon Bole
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto was built in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Their names are carved on the Memorial Screen. Photo: K. Parks. -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Photo of JAMES GORDON BOLE
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room, several of which pertain to those who studied at University College. Bell XXIII is dedicated: "University College Alumni Association". The alumnae (female grads) also donated a bell. Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 370 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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QUEBEC CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Take the D38 from Cherisy to Hendecourt. Approximately 2 kilometres from Cherisy turn left just before Sun Quarry Cemetery onto a dirt track. Continue for 1 kilometre before turning left to arrive at Quebec Cemetery.
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