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Military service
Service number:
640161
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
38th Bn.
Birth:
July 1, 1893
Belfast
Enlistment:
May 25, 1916
Gananoque, Ontario
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Thomas Archer Kinnier and Rose Ellen Kinnier, of Belfast, Ireland.
Digital gallery of Private John Kinnier
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Photo of John Kinnier
640161, Private John Kinnier, age unknown, place unknown. -
Death Certificate
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War Medals
640161 Private John Kinnier was awarded the following medals : British War Medal<Br> Victory Medal -
Gananoque Remembers
Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P> Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P> Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P> -
Memorial Page
John Kinnier is honoured on page 89 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005. -
Memorial
Gananoque War Memorial - Gananoque, Ontario. -
Inscription
Menin Gate Memorial. -
Photo of JOHN KINNIER
This is a photo of johns brother thomas kinnier my grandfather thomas kinnier survived the war. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private John Kinnier
Digital gallery of
Private John Kinnier
Digital gallery of
Private John Kinnier
Digital gallery of
Private John Kinnier
Digital gallery of
Private John Kinnier
Digital gallery of
Private John Kinnier
Digital gallery of
Private John Kinnier
Digital gallery of
Private John Kinnier
Digital gallery of
Private John Kinnier
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 269 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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