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Military service
Service number:
633374
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
38th Bn.
Birth:
October 4, 1892
Vankleek, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 31, 1916
Alexandria, Ontario
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXXIX. A. 13.
Additional information
Son of Angus Calvank of Vankleek, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Richard Calvank
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Press Clipping
Photos of other Calvank family members in military service - Angus Calvank, 633373 (service no.), and Frederick James Calvank, 633474. Source: Canada's Heroes in the Great World War / Cornwall, Alexandria, Vankleek Hill, Hawkesbury and Intermediate Points. Edited by Noah J. Gareau. Memorial Edition / Volume I. War Publications Limited, Ottawa, Ontario, 1921. Details included in this book may not have been verified at the time of publication. -
Photo of Richard Calvank
Source: Canada's Heroes in the Great World War / Cornwall, Alexandria, Vankleek Hill, Hawkesbury and Intermediate Points. Edited by Noah J. Gareau. Memorial Edition / Volume I. War Publications Limited, Ottawa, Ontario, 1921. Details included in this book may not have been verified at the time of publication. -
Cemetery
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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Private Richard Calvank
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Calvank
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Calvank
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Calvank
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Calvank
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 212 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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