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Military service
Service number:
3314082
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
October 28, 1892
Enlistment:
St. Catherines, Ontario
Death:
October 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. A. 1.
Digital gallery of Private Peter Canavan
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Grave Marker
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Photo of Peter Canavan
Photo of Pvt. Peter Canvan C-1916 Taken in Camp in Canada. -
Memorial
The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 5 of 1004.
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Canavan
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Canavan
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Canavan
Digital gallery of
Private Peter Canavan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 380 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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