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Military service
Service number:
675020
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
"B" Coy. 18th Bn.
Birth:
December 27, 1895
Death:
May 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Frederick T. and Emily C. Dorken, of 292, Admiral St., Woodstock, Ontario.
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Photo of Ernest John Dorken
Pte Ernest John Dorken of Woodstock Ontario, B Coy, 18th Battallion, Killed in Action 28 May 1917, Age 21. Never Forgotten -
Cenotaph
Cenotaph in Woodstock, Ontario. -
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) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 281 of 1076.
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Private Ernest John Dorken
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest John Dorken
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest John Dorken
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest John Dorken
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 229 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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