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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
139009
Age:
32
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
May 4, 1884
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 18, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William and Emily Leah Arding of Reading, England. Husband of Florence Arding of New Westminster, British Columbia.
Brother of Sergeant Victor Alvus Arding, who died on the same day while serving in the same unit.
Digitized Service File.
Digital gallery of Corporal John Arding
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
John Arding enlisted in the 75th Battalion C.E.F. in Toronto on July 20th, 1915. This article and photo appeared in the Toronto Evening Telegram on December 7th, 1916. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of JOHN ARDING
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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
From the Toronto Telegram December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Corporal John Arding
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Arding
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Arding
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Arding
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Arding
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Arding
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Arding
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Arding
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Arding
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 47 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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