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Military service
Service number:
911858
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade
Division:
Motor Machine Gun Bty
Birth:
July 15, 1898
Death:
April 4, 1918
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Additional information
Son of John Albert and Mary Jane Knowling, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Graduate of King George High School, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private George Henry Knowling
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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 Vancouver Daily Province April 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private George Henry Knowling
Digital gallery of
Private George Henry Knowling
Digital gallery of
Private George Henry Knowling
Digital gallery of
Private George Henry Knowling
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 443 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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