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Military service
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
73rd Bn.
Death:
March 1, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of The Rev. R. S. Forneri, of Peterborough, Ontario.
Brother of Nursing Sister Agnes Florien Forneri, who died while serving with the Canadian Army Medical Corps.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant David Alwyn Forneri
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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) -
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
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Memorial
Lt. David Alwyn Forneri's name was included on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. He indicated on his military attestation that he was a clerk. He volunteered to serve early in the war and signed his military attestation on September 21st, 1914 at Valcartier Camp, Quebec. He was a member of the historic First Canadian Contingent. Image source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included the Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses. -
Inscription
Detail of Lt. David Alwyn Forneri's name as it appeared on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. -
Essay (Page 1)
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Essay (Page 2)
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering siblings lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Alwyn Forneri
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Alwyn Forneri
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Alwyn Forneri
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Alwyn Forneri
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Alwyn Forneri
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Alwyn Forneri
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Alwyn Forneri
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Alwyn Forneri
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Alwyn Forneri
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 238 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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