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John Nicholson

In memory of:

Private John Nicholson

May 23, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

424348

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

18th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

October 20, 1897

Son of William and Janet Nicholson, of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 301 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. B. 25.

Location:

Neuville-St Vaast is a village 6.5 kilometres north of Arras, a little east of the road from Bethune to Arras. LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south-west of the village on the north-west side of the road to the village of Maroeuil.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of John Nicholson– Private John Nicholson. Enlisted in 1915 when he was 17 years old. Died in France at 19 years old.

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