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Military service
Service number:
472282
Age:
19
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
46th Bn.
Birth:
June 24, 1897
Death:
April 12, 1917
Burial/memorial information
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Son of George and Annie Morrison, of 544, Third St., Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Corporal Edward Joseph Morrison
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Photo of Edward Joseph Morrison
Corporal Edward J. Morrison's formal Canadian Army portrait hung in the home of his brother, Wilfred Morrison, until his death in 1986. The portrait is now on display in the home of Wilfred's grandson, Sgt. Robert Matthews, US Army 82nd Airborne, the only Morrison descendant to proudly serve with his nation's Military. -
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 -
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) -
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 Edward Joseph Morrison
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Joseph Morrison
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Joseph Morrison
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Joseph Morrison
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Joseph Morrison
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Joseph Morrison
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 297 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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