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Military service
Service number:
444897
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
March 18, 1894
Clifton, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
June 10, 1915
Sussex, New Brunswick
Death:
August 28, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 32.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Martha Somers, of Kensington, Prince Edward Island.
Digital gallery of Private John William Somers
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Kensington War Memorial
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Inscription
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Grave Marker
Grave marker - Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Entrance - Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private John William Somers
Digital gallery of
Private John William Somers
Digital gallery of
Private John William Somers
Digital gallery of
Private John William Somers
Digital gallery of
Private John William Somers
Digital gallery of
Private John William Somers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 504 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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