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Military service
Age:
30
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
44th Bn.
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
May 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX. B. 4.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Allin, of Lindsay, Ontario. Husband of Annie M. Allin, of 1934, Sixteenth Avenue, Regina, Saskatchewan.
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Tableau d'honneur
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919. -
Photo de Elton Allin
Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919. -
Mémorial
The Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto was built in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Carved on the Memorial Screen are the names of those lost in that struggle. Photo: K. Parks. -
Pierre Tombale
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Mémorial
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Inscription
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for bells in memory of those who died in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXII is dedicated: "The Alumni Association and friends of Victoria College".
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Lieutenant Elton Culbert Allin
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Lieutenant Elton Culbert Allin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Elton Culbert Allin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Elton Culbert Allin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Elton Culbert Allin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Elton Culbert Allin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Elton Culbert Allin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 190 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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