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Military service
Service number:
790870
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
March 22, 1898
Knighton, Radnorshire
Enlistment:
March 23, 1916
New Westminster, British Columbia
Death:
November 10, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXXIX. C. 21.
Additional information
Son of John and Sarah Ann Parton, of Abbotsford, British Columbia. Enlisted at the age of 17.
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Photo of JOHN CECIL PARTON
Submitted in memory of the members of the 131st Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
memorial
Cenotaph at Abbotsford, B.C. Photo courtesy of Abby Chan -
Attestation Papers
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Attestation Papers
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Cemetery
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private John Cecil Parton
Digital gallery of
Private John Cecil Parton
Digital gallery of
Private John Cecil Parton
Digital gallery of
Private John Cecil Parton
Digital gallery of
Private John Cecil Parton
Digital gallery of
Private John Cecil Parton
Digital gallery of
Private John Cecil Parton
Digital gallery of
Private John Cecil Parton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 306 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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