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Military service
Service number:
172408
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
April 6, 1897
Death:
October 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. C. I.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Polson, of Gt. Clacton, England.
Digital gallery of Private John Henry Polson
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Newspaper Clipping
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Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of JOHN HENRY POLSON
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
Circumstances of death registers
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Private John Henry Polson
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Polson
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Polson
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Polson
Digital gallery of
Private John Henry Polson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 149 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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