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John Simcoe Morrison

In memory of:

Gunner John Simcoe Morrison

September 27, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

343836

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Garrison Artillery

Division:

2nd Bde.

Additional Information


Born:

June 15, 1898

Son of J. S. and Margaret Morrison, of 79, Cartier St., Ottawa.

Commemorated on Page 474 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

DOMINION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. D. 1.

Location:

Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt is in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and 4 kilometres south of the Arras-Cambrai main road. DOMINION CEMETERY is 2.5 kilometres north-east of the village, about 545 metres from the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of John Simcoe Morrison– From "Our Heroes in The Great World War", compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, Ontario, 1919.
  • Photo 2 of John Simcoe Morrison– Gunner John Simcoe Morrison (from Ottawa) 2nd (Prince Edward Island)  Siege Battery.  Killed in action at Plaine de Malakoff. 

Photo extracted from the Jack Turner photo collection located at http://collections.ic.gc.ca/turner/index.html

Submitted by Captain Terry Hunter

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