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Military service
Service number:
210273
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
58th Bn.
Birth:
January 22, 1881
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. E. 27.
Digital gallery of Private George Andrew Drinnan
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Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 945 of 1076. His grave was located 6 miles North East of Albert and ½ mile North of Courcelette. After the Armistice his body was exhumed and buried in ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY. -
Memorial
The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall. -
Grave marker
Grave marker - Adanac Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Entrance - Adanac Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Adanac Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private George Andrew Drinnan
Digital gallery of
Private George Andrew Drinnan
Digital gallery of
Private George Andrew Drinnan
Digital gallery of
Private George Andrew Drinnan
Digital gallery of
Private George Andrew Drinnan
Digital gallery of
Private George Andrew Drinnan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 80 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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