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Vernon Frank Postill

In memory of:

Sapper Vernon Frank Postill

October 14, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

164325

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Corps

Division:

H.Q. Signal Coy.

Additional Information

Born:

April 18, 1896

Son of Louise Postill, of Paris, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 149 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

IV. B. 6.

Location:

Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Brantford Expositor 1916. Submitted or the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Brantford Expositor 1916. Submitted or the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Brantford Expositor 1916. Submitted or the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Brantford Expositor 1916. Submitted or the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Newspaper Clipping (2)– Brantford Courier December 16, 1916.

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    Newspaper Clipping (2) – Brantford Courier December 16, 1916.
  • Gravemarker– Photo courtesy of Gary Nelson

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    Gravemarker – Photo courtesy of Gary Nelson
  • Paris War Memorial– Paris Ontario War Memorial. An unveiling and dedication ceremony was conducted at the memorial on November 11th, 1930. The memorial was unveiled by Mrs. R. Baldwin, mother of Nursing Sister Dorothy Baldwin. A dedicatory address was made by Lt.-Col. the Ven. Archdeacon F. G. Scott, D.S.O. (Canon Scott). Bands of the 10th Brant Dragoons and the 1st Dufferin Rifles assisted in the service. The memorial was designed and built by the Hunter Granite Works, Simcoe, Ontario. It is inscribed: 1914 - 1918 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF PARIS WHO FELL AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR.

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    Paris War Memorial – Paris Ontario War Memorial. An unveiling and dedication ceremony was conducted at the memorial on November 11th, 1930. The memorial was unveiled by Mrs. R. Baldwin, mother of Nursing Sister Dorothy Baldwin. A dedicatory address was made by Lt.-Col. the Ven. Archdeacon F. G. Scott, D.S.O. (Canon Scott). Bands of the 10th Brant Dragoons and the 1st Dufferin Rifles assisted in the service. The memorial was designed and built by the Hunter Granite Works, Simcoe, Ontario. It is inscribed: 1914 - 1918 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF PARIS WHO FELL AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR.
  • Roll of Honour– This Roll of Honour appeared in the pamphlet distributed at the Paris Ontario War Memorial's unveiling and dedication ceremony on November 11th, 1930.

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    Roll of Honour – This Roll of Honour appeared in the pamphlet distributed at the Paris Ontario War Memorial's unveiling and dedication ceremony on November 11th, 1930.

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