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Military service
Service number:
144995
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
87th Battalion
Birth:
June 8, 1895
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
August 24, 1915
Cornwall, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Vimy Ridge, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William John and Emily Aaron, of Everton, Liverpool, England.
Digitized Service File.
Digital gallery of Private John Richard Aaron
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Inscription
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) -
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) -
Photo of John Richard Aaron
This tribute to John Richard Aaron was included in the 1919 special edition "Our Heroes in the Great War" compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa. -
Attestation Paper
Attestation Paper Source: Library and Archives Canada: Soldiers of the First World War -
Attestation Paper
Attestation Paper Source: Library and Archives Canada: Soldiers of the First World War -
British Home Children Roll of Honour
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Circumstances of death registers
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Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Honour Roll
British home children -
Memorial
British home children -
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John Richard Aaron British home child
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Private John Richard Aaron
Digital gallery of
Private John Richard Aaron
Digital gallery of
Private John Richard Aaron
Digital gallery of
Private John Richard Aaron
Digital gallery of
Private John Richard Aaron
Digital gallery of
Private John Richard Aaron
Digital gallery of
Private John Richard Aaron
Digital gallery of
Private John Richard Aaron
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 189 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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