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Military service
Service number:
657417
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
52nd Bn.
Birth:
March 30, 1895
Death:
November 12, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Born 30 March 1895 in Sutton West, Ontario. Son of Robert Stevenson, Parry Sound, Ontario. Brother of Dora Stevenson, Baldwin, Ontario. He enlisted at Parry Sound on 23 January 1916. He was single and employed as a labourer. In 2003, his name was found carved in one of the walls of the Goodman Tunnel under the Vimy Monument.
Additional citations
Not eligible for 1914-15 Star
Eligible for Victory and British War Medals
Digital gallery of Private George Stevenson
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Inscription on Menin Gate Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private George Stevenson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 332 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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