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Military service
Service number:
9879
Age:
46
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
August 9, 1869
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
June 14, 1916
Poperinghe, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. E. 8.
Additional information
Son of Ann Abbey of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private George Abbey
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Circumstance of death
Extract from Circumstances of Death Registers, First World War for Private George Abbey Source: Circumstances of Death Registers, First World War Mikan record:46246 Volume Number:31829_B016711 Page:17 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private George Abbey
Digital gallery of
Private George Abbey
Digital gallery of
Private George Abbey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 45 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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