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Military service
Service number:
16499
Age:
33
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
December 5, 1882
Sydney, Australia
Enlistment:
September 18, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
April 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. E. 34.
Digital gallery of Corporal John Vinson
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of JOHN VINSON
Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame photograph X979.190.1 excerpt of John 'Jocko' Vinson, trainer for Vancouver Athletic Club 1911-1913 Mann Cup champions, killed in 1916 during the First World War ~ ~ ~ As the Director of Archives & Acquisitions for the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame, I give you permission to use this photograph image (public domain) from our collection for honouring Cpl. Jocko Vinson. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of May 3, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y123uvic#mode/1up -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Free Press Prairie Farmer newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver World newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Vinson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Vinson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Vinson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Vinson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Vinson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Vinson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Vinson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Vinson
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Vinson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 177 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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