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Military service
Service number:
602031
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
January 22, 1887
Death:
August 18, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mrs. J. Peach (formerly Davis), of Welland, Ontario, and George Henry Davis; husband of Helen Button (formerly Davis), of Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private George Edward John Davis
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Photo of George Edward John Davis
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection.<P> Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of GEORGE EDWARD JOHN DAVIS
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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
Digital gallery of
Private George Edward John Davis
Digital gallery of
Private George Edward John Davis
Digital gallery of
Private George Edward John Davis
Digital gallery of
Private George Edward John Davis
Digital gallery of
Private George Edward John Davis
Digital gallery of
Private George Edward John Davis
Digital gallery of
Private George Edward John Davis
Digital gallery of
Private George Edward John Davis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 226 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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