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Military service
Service number:
402098
Age:
44
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
August 20, 1870
Death:
March 18, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. D. 81.
Additional information
Husband of Mrs. Hamer, of 25, Davidson St., Galt, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private John Hamer
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Galt War Memorial
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953." -
Close up of Galt War Memorial
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial. -
Photo of John Hamer
In memory of the men and women who went to war from the Waterloo area and did not return. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir - Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 - 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women who went to war from the Waterloo area and did not return. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir - Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 - 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press March 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN HAMER
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Hamer
Digital gallery of
Private John Hamer
Digital gallery of
Private John Hamer
Digital gallery of
Private John Hamer
Digital gallery of
Private John Hamer
Digital gallery of
Private John Hamer
Digital gallery of
Private John Hamer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 97 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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