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Military service
Service number:
123999
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Death:
August 28, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. D. 58.
Additional information
Son of John and Elizabeth Shanks. Native of Ireland.
Digital gallery of Private John Bassette Shanks
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Photo of John Shanks
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. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
Circumstances of death registers
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Photo of JOHN BASSETTE SHANKS
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 498 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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