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Military service
Service number:
1096257
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
May 17, 1898
Bolton, Lancashire, England
Enlistment:
March 23, 1917
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 2, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Brother of Frank Best of Lamoni, Iowa, United States of America.
Digital gallery of Private Ernest Albert Best
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Death Registry
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bernard to Binyon. Mircoform Sequence 9; Volume Number 31829_B016719; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 153 Page 221 of 652 -
Memorial
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) -
Photo of Ernest Albert Best
1096257 Ernest Albert Best (who also used his brother's name "Almond" as his own adopted middle name).
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 368 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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