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Military service
Service number:
455795
Age:
46
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
January 29, 1870
Fulton, New York
Enlistment:
December 4, 1915
Ganonoque, Ontario
Death:
September 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Thomas Leakey of Watertown, New York, U.S.A.
Digital gallery of Private John Leakey
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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) -
Gananoque Remembers
Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P> Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P> Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P> -
Memorial Page
John Leakey is honoured on page 49 and 50 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005. -
Memorial Page 2
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Gananoque War Memorial - Gananoque, Ontario.
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Inscription on Vimy Memorial
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Inscription
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mourning Mother
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private John Leakey
Digital gallery of
Private John Leakey
Digital gallery of
Private John Leakey
Digital gallery of
Private John Leakey
Digital gallery of
Private John Leakey
Digital gallery of
Private John Leakey
Digital gallery of
Private John Leakey
Digital gallery of
Private John Leakey
Digital gallery of
Private John Leakey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 117 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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