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Military service
Service number:
773097
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
October 26, 1898
Enlistment:
Brantford, Ontario
Death:
May 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John Crowley and Edith Maud Crowley, of Brantford, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private John Alfred Crowley
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Photo of JOHN ALFRED CROWLEY
John in his uniform. He was killed May 3, 1917 age 18 at the battle of Fresnoy, France. His name is on the Vimy Memorial. -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Crossley to Cyrs. Microform Sequence 25; Volume Number 31829_B016734. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 169. Page 161 of 890. -
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) -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Photo of John Alfred Crowley
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Brantford Expositor 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Alfred Crowley
Digital gallery of
Private John Alfred Crowley
Digital gallery of
Private John Alfred Crowley
Digital gallery of
Private John Alfred Crowley
Digital gallery of
Private John Alfred Crowley
Digital gallery of
Private John Alfred Crowley
Digital gallery of
Private John Alfred Crowley
Digital gallery of
Private John Alfred Crowley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 223 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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