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Military service
Service number:
130189
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Enlistment:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
March 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Only son of Mrs. Elizabeth L. Cavanagh, of 1077, Richard St., Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private John Patrick Cavanagh
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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, 163. Page 85 of 958. -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cavanagh
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cavanagh
Digital gallery of
Private John Patrick Cavanagh
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 214 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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