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Military service
Service number:
862119
Age:
37
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Death:
April 26, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Charles and Maria Wood.
Digital gallery of Private George Henry Wood
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Newspaper clipping
Pte. George Henry Wood, 862119, enlisted in Toronto's 180th Sportsmen Battalion C.E.F. on February 3rd, 1916. His military attestation used the name Joseph Sheldon. The Library and Archives Canada indexing to the military attestations indicates that Joseph Sheldon was also known as George Henry Wood. -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private George Henry Wood
Digital gallery of
Private George Henry Wood
Digital gallery of
Private George Henry Wood
Digital gallery of
Private George Henry Wood
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 352 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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