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Military service
Service number:
444337
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Enlistment:
Perth, New Brunswick
Death:
June 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of John S. and Mary E. Armour, of Plaster Rock, New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Private John Rice Armour
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Map
Trench Map extract from the Imperial War Museum showing where it was reported Private Armour was buried on 2 June 1916 versus where the cross was found by the Graves Registration Unit on 1 September 1926. The physical remains may not have been found where the cross was erected on the trenches in the south of the woods if he was buried near "The Culvert" to the north of the woods. Images of the Death Records and the Exhumation Records are provided as marked. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Front of "Circumstance of Death" file describing the fate of Private Amour. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Back of "Circumstance of Death" file recording the burial location of Private Amour on 2 June 1916, as shown on the map image provided. -
Concentration of Graves file
Concentration of Graves file from the Graves Registration Unit prepared when the area where the cross was found was checked on 1 September 1926. No remains were found at this location. -
Casualty Details
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Attestation Paper
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Attestation Paper
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private John Rice Armour
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Private John Rice Armour
Digital gallery of
Private John Rice Armour
Digital gallery of
Private John Rice Armour
Digital gallery of
Private John Rice Armour
Digital gallery of
Private John Rice Armour
Digital gallery of
Private John Rice Armour
Digital gallery of
Private John Rice Armour
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 47 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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