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Military service
Service number:
721197
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
May 28, 1899
Reykjavik, Iceland
Enlistment:
Selkirk, Manitoba
Death:
September 2, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. E. 21.
Additional information
Son of Thordur and Vigdis Bjarnason, of Selkirk, Manitoba.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 291 of 734 -
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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Private James Bjarnason
Digital gallery of
Private James Bjarnason
Digital gallery of
Private James Bjarnason
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 369 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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