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Military service
Service number:
435803
Age:
39
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Birth:
July 14, 1877
Enlistment:
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
November 18, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Corporal John Symonds Breedon
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Circumstance of death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 157 Page 409 of 906 -
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping from Daily Telegraph of December 26, 1916. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12214032/Daily-Telegraph-December-26-1916.html -
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)
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Symonds Breedon
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Symonds Breedon
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Symonds Breedon
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Symonds Breedon
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Symonds Breedon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 58 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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