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Military service
Service number:
113
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
21st Bn.
Birth:
September 10, 1895
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
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Son of the late Rev. R. W. Samwell and of Jane D. F. Clarke (formerly Samwell,) of Fort Simpson, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Maurice Owen Samwell
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Memorial
St. Matthew's Anglican Church, 217 First Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario -
Memorial
'The Resurrection' by Robert McCausland Limited was dedicated at St Matthew's Anglican Church in the Glebe, Ottawa on 17 Jan 1921 to the members of the church who served during the Great War. The window was transferred to the current site, 217 First Avenue in 1938. -
Memorial
Belgian War Memorial, Ypres -
Newspaper Clipping
Pte. Maurice Owen Samwell enlisted in Toronto in December 1914. -
Photo of Maurice Owen Samwell
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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)
Digital gallery of
Private Maurice Owen Samwell
Digital gallery of
Private Maurice Owen Samwell
Digital gallery of
Private Maurice Owen Samwell
Digital gallery of
Private Maurice Owen Samwell
Digital gallery of
Private Maurice Owen Samwell
Digital gallery of
Private Maurice Owen Samwell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 158 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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