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Private John Frederick Parkinson

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Military service

Service number: 178327
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division: 87th Bn.
Death: October 21, 1916

Burial/memorial information

ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY
Grave reference: II. A. 7.
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Pte J. Frederick Parkinson, 87th Grenadier Guards, was killed in action on October 21, 1916 in France when he was just over 18 years old. He was the apple of his father's eye, a bright boy who wanted to become a doctor. He attended the Model School in Sawyerville and Cookshire Academy.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 145 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY Somme, France

Miraumont is a village about 14.5 kilometres north-north-east of Albert and the Cemetery is some 3 kilometres south of the village on the east side of the road to Courcelette (D107). The ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY is signposted in the centre of Miraumont.

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