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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
700214
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Death:
October 1, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. B. 29.
Additional information
Son of John Forbister, of Minnewakan, Manitoba.
Additional citations
Military Medal, Supplement to the London Gazette dated 24 January 1919.
Digital gallery of Corporal John Alexander Forbister
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of John Alexander Forbister
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Group Photo
101st Bn, A Company, 2nd Platoon -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Free Press Prairie Farmer newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Alexander Forbister
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Alexander Forbister
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Alexander Forbister
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Alexander Forbister
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Alexander Forbister
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 409 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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