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Military service
Service number:
220087
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
21st Bn.
Birth:
January 15, 1889
Enlistment:
Madoc, Ontario
Death:
May 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Ann Canniff, of Madoc, Ontario.
Digitized service file.
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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 41 of 1004. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Canniff
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Canniff
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Canniff
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Canniff
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Canniff
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 213 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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