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Military service
Service number:
180288
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
April 7, 1899
London, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
November 6, 1915
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVII. H. 1.
Digital gallery of Private George Newburn
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of September 18, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y242uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
Digital gallery of
Private George Newburn
Digital gallery of
Private George Newburn
Digital gallery of
Private George Newburn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 301 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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