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John Dye

In memory of:

Private John Dye

September 26, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

186826

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

27th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

October 26, 1891

Commemorated on Page 81 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

IV. M. 15.

Location:

Pozieres is a village some 6 kilometres north-east of Albert, and the POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, which is enclosed by the Pozieres Memorial, is a little south-west of the village on the north side of the main road, D929, from Albert to Pozieres.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– This photograph published in the Winnipeg Evening Tribune is actually Sjt. John Dye DCM MM, 43rd Battalion Cameron Highlanders originally from Montrose Scotland. NOT Pte. John Dye of the 27th Battalion killed in September 1916. Sjt. John Dye 43rd Battalion was mistakenly listed as killed in action, and later wrote the newspaper to say he’s alive and well. He was wounded three times, once a gunshot wound to the chest, and survived the war.

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – This photograph published in the Winnipeg Evening Tribune is actually Sjt. John Dye DCM MM, 43rd Battalion Cameron Highlanders originally from Montrose Scotland. NOT Pte. John Dye of the 27th Battalion killed in September 1916. Sjt. John Dye 43rd Battalion was mistakenly listed as killed in action, and later wrote the newspaper to say he’s alive and well. He was wounded three times, once a gunshot wound to the chest, and survived the war.

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