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Military service
Service number:
142183
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Enlistment:
Cookstown, Ontario
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Margaret Anne Arnold, of Cookstown, Ontario. Enlisted in 76th Simcoe Bn.
Digital gallery of Private Alvin Rupert Mckee Arnold
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Group Photo
Alvin is located on far right. He is standing infront of the Barrie, Ontario armories with the Cookstown recruits in the 76th Btn. -
Group Photo
Alvin is located on the far left. He is standing with the Cookstown recruits in the 76th Btn. According to the 76th regimental history, Alvin won nearly every Btn. physical training competition. Very strong athlete. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
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) -
Circumstances of Death
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Inscription
Cookstown Cenotaph -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Alvin Rupert Mckee Arnold
Digital gallery of
Private Alvin Rupert Mckee Arnold
Digital gallery of
Private Alvin Rupert Mckee Arnold
Digital gallery of
Private Alvin Rupert Mckee Arnold
Digital gallery of
Private Alvin Rupert Mckee Arnold
Digital gallery of
Private Alvin Rupert Mckee Arnold
Digital gallery of
Private Alvin Rupert Mckee Arnold
Digital gallery of
Private Alvin Rupert Mckee Arnold
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 48 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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