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Military service
Service number:
81760
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. D. 20.
Additional information
Son of Marion J. Rowland, of Newmarket, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private John Rowland
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Photo of JOHN ROWLAND
Original portrait photograph of John Rowland killed at the Battle of the Somme in September 1916. Reverse of the frame has the following written: ‘Jack Rowland born Newmarket, Ontario. Killed in action, Sept. 16 - 1916 in France Battle of Somme World War’. Also written is the name of cemetery where he is buried, and the names of relatives who visited his grave site in 1966. -
Biography
Reverse view of frame.
Digital gallery of
Private John Rowland
Digital gallery of
Private John Rowland
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 157 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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