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Military service
Service number:
189027
Age:
39
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Battalion
Enlistment:
St. Thomas, Ontario
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Mary Acton; husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Acton, of 34, Hiawatha St., St. Thomas, Ontario.
Digitized Service File.
Digital gallery of Private John Acton
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
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Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of John Acton
John Acton wearing the uniform of the 91st Battalion -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022
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Private John Acton
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Private John Acton
Digital gallery of
Private John Acton
Digital gallery of
Private John Acton
Digital gallery of
Private John Acton
Digital gallery of
Private John Acton
Digital gallery of
Private John Acton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 189 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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