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Military service
Service number:
447255
Age:
30
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
December 11, 1886
Southampton, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 12, 1915
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
May 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Willerval Canadian Cem. Mem. 43.
Digital gallery of Company Sergeant Major John Albert Buckley
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted of the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Southampton Cenotaph
John Albert Buckley was born in Southampton Ontario on December 11th, 1886. He is remembered on the Southampton Cenotaph. He enlisted in the CEF on June 12th, 1915 in Calgary. The Southampton Cenotaph includes plaques with the names of men from World Wars 1 & 2. The WWI list is inscribed: "In grateful remembrance of the men of Southampton who fought and died in the Great War". Southampton is in Bruce County, Ontario and is the oldest port on the Bruce Coast. This photograph was taken by Mr. Clive Freeman in the summer of 2002. -
Orchard Dump Cemetery
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Orchard Dump Cemetery. May he rest in peace.(J.Stephens) -
Grave marker
A Canadian flag and a Canadian coin placed at the grave marker of John Albert Buckley in February 2019. This was left by his great grandnephew on behalf of the entire Buckley family. -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John Albert Buckley
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John Albert Buckley
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John Albert Buckley
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John Albert Buckley
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John Albert Buckley
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John Albert Buckley
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John Albert Buckley
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major John Albert Buckley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 209 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Orchard Dump Cemetery is in the village of Arleux-en-Gohelle, on the main road (D919) from Arras to Henin-Lietard. The cemetery lies on the left side of this road approximately 1 kilometre from the village of Bailleul-Sire-Berthoult.
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