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Military service
Service number:
830507
Age:
27
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
44th Bn.
Birth:
February 4, 1889
Death:
May 6, 1917
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Son of Thor Thorarinson and his wife Sigridur Thorleifson, of 642, Jessie Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Corporal John Thorarinson
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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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the book "Minningarrit íslenzkra hermanna 1914-1918" which tells the stories of the Canadian Icelandic soldiers of WW1. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the book "Minningarrit íslenzkra hermanna 1914-1918" which tells the stories of the Canadian Icelandic soldiers of WW1. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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Corporal John Thorarinson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Thorarinson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Thorarinson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 339 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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