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Military service
Service number:
730002
Age:
37
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
May 14, 1880
Enlistment:
Galt, Ontario
Death:
September 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
K. 11.
Additional information
Husband of Kate Chalk, of 15, Gilholm Avenue E., Galt, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant John Chalk
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Galt War Memorial
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953." -
Close up of Galt War Memorial
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial. -
Photo of John Chalk
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 221 of 958. -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Chalk
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Chalk
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Chalk
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Chalk
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Chalk
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Chalk
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Chalk
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 214 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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