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Military service
Service number:
58148
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
20th Bn.
Birth:
August 13, 1893
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 17, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. J. 3.
Additional information
Son of John and Annie E. Avis, of 68, Hazelton Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Charles John Albert Avis
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Press Clipping
Ready for the Fray, was a war time column in the Toronto Evening Telegram. Photographs and addresses of soldiers were included. Photos of Charles and William Avis were included in the April 21, 1915 issue. -
Sons of England War Memorial
Designed by Charles Adamson in bronze and granite, the Sons of England war memorial is located on University Avenue at Elm Street in Toronto. The inscription on this 1923 Memorial reads: ¿ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR¿. -
Close up of Sons of England War Memorial
Charles John Albert Avis' name is included on the SOE War Memorial. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Press Clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Charles John Albert Avis
Digital gallery of
Private Charles John Albert Avis
Digital gallery of
Private Charles John Albert Avis
Digital gallery of
Private Charles John Albert Avis
Digital gallery of
Private Charles John Albert Avis
Digital gallery of
Private Charles John Albert Avis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 194 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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