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Military service
Service number:
706456
Age:
45
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
102nd Battalion
Birth:
January 6, 1872
Enlistment:
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Husband of Ida Charlotte Ablett, of 1279, Center Rd., Victoria, British Columbia.
Digitized Service File.
Digital gallery of Private George Henry Ablett
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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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of May 6, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y127uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private George Henry Ablett
Digital gallery of
Private George Henry Ablett
Digital gallery of
Private George Henry Ablett
Digital gallery of
Private George Henry Ablett
Digital gallery of
Private George Henry Ablett
Digital gallery of
Private George Henry Ablett
Digital gallery of
Private George Henry Ablett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 189 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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