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Military service
Service number:
772030
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
February 12, 1887
Sittingbourne, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
October 29, 1915
Brantford, Ontario
Death:
May 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Henry Mears, of 266, Murray St., Brantford, Ontario.
Brother of Private Leonard Mears, who died during service with the Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment).
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Photo of Albert Mears
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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) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Brantford Expositor 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Albert Mears
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Mears
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Mears
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Mears
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Mears
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 292 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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