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Military service
Service number:
461321
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
44th Bn.
Birth:
January 19, 1895
Ormiston, Scotland
Enlistment:
December 21, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
October 25, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Allan, of Hill Head, Musselburgh, Scotland. Brother of Mrs. John Sutherland of Isabella, Manitoba.
Digitized Service File.
Digital gallery of Private John Allan
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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 -
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) -
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) -
Memorial
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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 Allan
Digital gallery of
Private John Allan
Digital gallery of
Private John Allan
Digital gallery of
Private John Allan
Digital gallery of
Private John Allan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 46 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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