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Military service
Service number:
71663
Age:
38
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
27th Bn.
Birth:
February 20, 1878
Wimborne Minster, Dorset, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
October 28, 1914
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
September 15, 1916
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Additional information
Son of George Perry Abram and Mary Abram. Husband of Florence Abram, of "Oulton," 21, Bradford Rd., Lewes, Sussex, England.
Digitized Service File.
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Photo of George Abram
His father, George Perry Abram, was headmaster of Wells Cathedral School in Somerset, England, where Percy was a pupil. He became a farmer and emigrated to Canada in 1907, establishing a homestead at Makinak, Man. Enlisted at Winnipeg on 1 Nov 1914. His unit sailed to UK from Quebec on 17 May 1915 on SS "Carpathia" and went to Otterpool Camp, Kent, for training at Shorncliffe. On 4 Sept 1915 he married Florence Barker at Hythe Parish Church, Kent. A fortnight later he embarked for France and was killed in action on the Somme a year later. Florence did not remarry and kept his memory alive throughout her long life. There were no children. -
Group Photo
F Coy 27th Battalion, C.E.F. Back row: George Percy Abram, Hughie Fraser (Scot), Emil Ducroix? (Belgian) Front row: Sgt. Pat. Nielson (Irish), Sgt. Walter Woodham (English) -
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) -
Photo of George Percy Abram
It is unknown when this photo was taken. -
Makinak, Manitoba
Makinak, Manitoba -
Marriage Certification
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Photo of George Percy Abram
George Percy Abram as a boy, presumably taken while he was a pupil at Wells Cathedral School in Somerset, where his father was headmaster -
Photo of George Percy Abram
Presumably inside his homestead in Makinak, Manitoba. -
Badge
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Birth Certificate
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Photo of George Percy Abram
This presumably is his homestead in Makinak. -
Medals
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Memorial Cross
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Corporal George Percy Abram
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Corporal George Percy Abram
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Corporal George Percy Abram
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Corporal George Percy Abram
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Percy Abram
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Percy Abram
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Percy Abram
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Corporal George Percy Abram
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Corporal George Percy Abram
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 45 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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