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Military service
Service number:
760561
Age:
34
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
August 21, 1882
Enlistment:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. B. 19.
Additional information
Son of Patrick Trodden, of Newholland, Keady, Co. Armagh, Ireland, and the late Margaret Trodden. Native of Middlesbrough, England.
Digital gallery of Private John Trodden
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 371 of 926. This soldier served under the name John Burns. His real name was John Trodden.
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Bois Carre British Cemetery
Bois Carre British Cemetery - The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
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Digital gallery of
Private John Trodden
Digital gallery of
Private John Trodden
Digital gallery of
Private John Trodden
BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.
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