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Military service
Service number:
472484
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
46th Bn.
Birth:
August 13, 1881
Death:
May 4, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. H. 5.
Additional information
Son of George Horatio Sealy and Annie Hall Sealy, of 1021, Montgomery St., Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Native of London, England.
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Plaque commémorative
Jack Sealy was 36 years old when killed in action in the area of Lens, less than a month after he fought and won the ridge at Vimy with the 46th South Saskatchewan (Suicide Battalion). These images show his original grave marker, his portrait, "Dead Man's Penny", and most recently his name projected onto the national cenotaph on 6 Nov 2008. -
Pierre Tombale
Jack Sealy was 36 years old when killed in action in the area of Lens, less than a month after he fought and won the ridge at Vimy with the 46th South Saskatchewan (Suicide Battalion). These images show his original grave marker, his portrait, "Dead Man's Penny", and most recently his name projected onto the national cenotaph on 6 Nov 2008. -
Jack Sealy was 36 years old when killed in action in the area of Lens, less than a month after he fought and won the ridge at Vimy with the 46th South Saskatchewan (Suicide Battalion). These images show his original grave marker, his portrait, "Dead Man's Penny", and most recently his name projected onto the national cenotaph on 6 Nov 2008. -
Photo de John Sealy
Jack Sealy was 36 years old when killed in action in the area of Lens, less than a month after he fought and won the ridge at Vimy with the 46th South Saskatchewan (Suicide Battalion). These images show his original grave marker, his portrait, "Dead Man's Penny", and most recently his name projected onto the national cenotaph on 6 Nov 2008. -
Photo de JOHN ALEXANDER SEALY
Standing middle Jack Sealy before the war. Seated right is his brother Aubrey George Sealy who fought with the 50th Canadian Bn CEF but survived the war.
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Private John Alexander Sealy
Digital gallery of
Private John Alexander Sealy
Digital gallery of
Private John Alexander Sealy
Digital gallery of
Private John Alexander Sealy
Digital gallery of
Private John Alexander Sealy
VILLERS STATION CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.
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