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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
171229
Age:
35
Rank:
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I)
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
July 17, 1882
aldershot, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
August 13, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of the late Alfred and Charlotte Ward (formerly Vass), of Albert St., Fleet, Hants.; husband of Annie May James (formerly Vass), of Ebrington, Campden, Glos., England.
Digital gallery of Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) John Alfred Vass
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
26th Battalion War Diaries
Sergeant Vass' distinguished service as mentioned in the 26th Battalion War Diaries - Aug. 1917 Pg 56 -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) John Alfred Vass
Digital gallery of
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) John Alfred Vass
Digital gallery of
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) John Alfred Vass
Digital gallery of
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) John Alfred Vass
Digital gallery of
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) John Alfred Vass
Digital gallery of
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) John Alfred Vass
Digital gallery of
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) John Alfred Vass
Digital gallery of
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) John Alfred Vass
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 342 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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