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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
6619
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
July 11, 1894
Chippenham, England
Enlistment:
September 20, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
September 25, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. E. 14.
Additional information
Son of James and Ann Tanner, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Additional citations
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Private Albert James Tanner
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Private ALBERT JAMES TANNER is commemorated on this panel of the war memorial in Stratford, Ontario. He died on September 25, 1916 and is buried at PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France.
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Attestation Paper 1 Source: Library and Archives Canada, Soldiers of the First World War - CEF
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Attestation Paper 2 Source: Library and Archives Canada, Soldiers of the First World War - CEF
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 171 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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