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Military service
Service number:
3310085
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade
Division:
2nd Machine Gun Brigade
Death:
September 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Thomas William and Margaret Ann Fretwell, of Waterdown, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private George Matthew Fretwell
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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) -
Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Waterdown Memorial Hall
View of the Waterdown Memorial Hall (1922) and the War Memorial Plaques. The street address is 317 Dundas Street, Waterdown, ON. -
Commemorative Plaque
Details of names on the Waterdown Ontario WWI Memorial Plaque. The central column represents the war dead and the other names are from the Roll of Service -
Photo of George Fretwell
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; submitted by K. Parks, Alumni Affairs. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of Pte. G. M. Fretwell C.M.G.C. is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, which can be seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Affairs. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private George Matthew Fretwell
Digital gallery of
Private George Matthew Fretwell
Digital gallery of
Private George Matthew Fretwell
Digital gallery of
Private George Matthew Fretwell
Digital gallery of
Private George Matthew Fretwell
Digital gallery of
Private George Matthew Fretwell
Digital gallery of
Private George Matthew Fretwell
Digital gallery of
Private George Matthew Fretwell
Digital gallery of
Private George Matthew Fretwell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 411 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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