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Military service
Service number:
829893
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
44th Bn.
Birth:
February 22, 1896
Woolrich, Kent, England
Enlistment:
August 21, 1916
Camp Hughes, Manitoba
Death:
June 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Charles Dennis of Woolwich, Kent, England. Brother of Bridget Canty.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private John Dennis
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Photo of John Dennis
John Dennis in uniform - marked on the reverse in the handwriting of Hilda Doreen Keech (née Duff) "Grandma Keech's brother John (Jack) Dennis. Also in the hand of David John Keech, "Possibly in Woolwich Canadian army 44th Infantry. Died 3 June 1917 at Vimy Ridge France". He was probably in the Winnipeg regiment that was renamed the Brunswick Regiment in 1918. -
Memorial
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) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 753 of 1036.
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Private John Dennis
Digital gallery of
Private John Dennis
Digital gallery of
Private John Dennis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 227 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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