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Military service
Service number:
K/71727
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 18, 1923
Chu Chua, British Columbia
Enlistment:
December 26, 1941
Kamloops, British Columbia
Death:
July 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. E. 7.
Additional information
Son of Alec and Lucy Thomas, of Kamloops, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Ernest Thomas
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War Memorial
Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD. -
Inscription
Kamloops Cenotaph, British Columbia. Detail of the Tablet listing names for World War II. -
Grave Marker
A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Thomas
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 460 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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