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Military service
Service number:
192722
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
May 19, 1888
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 29, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 23.
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Black, of 10, Graham Place, Braefoot, Carnoustie, Forfarshire, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private George Black
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Circumstances of Death Registers, First World War
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 341 of 734 -
Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap badge of the 92nd Bn which he originally joined before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Photo BGen Young 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Entrance
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private George Black
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Private George Black
Digital gallery of
Private George Black
Digital gallery of
Private George Black
Digital gallery of
Private George Black
Digital gallery of
Private George Black
Digital gallery of
Private George Black
Digital gallery of
Private George Black
Digital gallery of
Private George Black
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 55 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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