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Military service
Service number:
700230
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
January 18, 1883
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
September 28, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Robert and Mary Cummings; husband of Gertrude Cummings, of 38, Edmund St., Richmond Hill, Leeds, Yorks, England,
Digital gallery of Private George John Cummings
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Photo of George John Cummings
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Group Photo
101st Bn, A Company, 1 Platoon -
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 375 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)
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 73 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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