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Military service
Service number:
529238
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
January 14, 1899
Walsall, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England
Enlistment:
May 17, 1917
Guelph, Ontario
Death:
June 25, 1918
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Son of William Meers, and of Alice Meers, of Ottawa, Ontario. Brother of Observer Frank Edward Meers who died on September 4, 1942 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Private Arthur Ernest Meers
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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) -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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)
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Private Arthur Ernest Meers
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Ernest Meers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 469 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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