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Military service
Service number:
743178
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
January 25, 1889
Chewal, South Wales
Enlistment:
April 20, 1916
Saint John, New Brunswick
Death:
August 19, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVIII. H. 14.
Additional information
Son of Henry Arthur and Jane Thomas of Caldwell Brook, Victoria, New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Private John Henry Thomas
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Grave Marker
Gravestone at sunset with Royal New Brunswick Regiment ( 26th Bttn) Cap badge. June 2019 -
Inscription
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Photo of John Henry Thomas
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Attestation Paper
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Attestation papers
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Group Photo
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Photo of John Henry Thomas
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Post Card
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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. He was discovered and exhumed at a later date and now rests in a marked grave.May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Grave marker
Grave marker which now marks his new grave. Courtesy of Glenn Kerr -
Grave marker
The group of four who were identified and reburied. Courtesy of Glenn Kerr
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Private John Henry Thomas
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Private John Henry Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Thomas
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 338 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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