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Ernest Charles Thacker

In memory of:

Sapper Ernest Charles Thacker

May 22, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

246254

Age:

40

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Engineers

Division:

2nd Tunnelling Coy.

Additional Information


Born:

April 9, 1879

Son of George and Emma Thacker (nee Johnston), of Portage du Fort, Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 511 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY
Seine-Maritime, France

Grave Reference:

V. J. 5B.

Location:

Le Treport is a small seaport in the Department of the Seine-Maritime, 25 kilometres north-east of Dieppe. The MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY is 1.5 kilometres south of the town. Go towards the centre of Le Treport and then follow the Littoral/Dieppe sign. The Cemetery stands on the right of a fork road on D940.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From The Ottawa Journal, Monday May 27, 1918.
  • Portage-du-Fort War Memorial– This memorial is dedicated to the memory of the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars. Another plaque on the obelisk is dedicated to the visit of Lady Head who visited here in September 1856.

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