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Military service
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Death:
August 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Lieutenant John Weir
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of John Weir
From "The War Book of Upper Canada College", edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during WWI. -
Memorial plaque
Lt. John Weir is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1st, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during WWI. UCC is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
War Memorial
War Memorial dedicated to the members of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church who lost their lives in the first and second World Wars. Located on the grounds of the church at 70 James Street South in Hamilton, Ontario. -
Inscription
Detail of the first World War names on the front of the War Memorial. -
Roll of Honour
The Honour Rolls for church members who died as a result of their military service during World War One and Two are contained within a carved wooden stand. St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, Ontario -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of September 28, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y251uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. 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)
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Weir
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Weir
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Weir
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Weir
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Weir
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Weir
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Weir
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Weir
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 347 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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