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Military service
Service number:
27733
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
November 1, 1886
Leominster, Herefordshire, England
Enlistment:
September 20, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
October 25, 1918
British Columbia
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
2. 45. 8.
Additional information
Son of H. N. Thomas, of West Ealing, London, England, and the late Rev. John Thomas; husband of Ellen S. Thomas, of Rutland House, Britannia Square, Worcester, England. Pte Thomas enlisted at Valcartier, Quebec on 20 September 1914. He was medically discharged on 3 March 1918.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, Victory Medal, British War Medal
Digital gallery of Private Albert Thomas
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Photo of ALBERT THOMAS
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Post Card
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Medal
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Medals
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Memorabilia
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Grave marker
Grave of 27733 Pvt. Albert Rodney Thomas who served with the 15th Battn. C.E.F. Born in Kerefordshire England on Nov. 1st 1886. He enlisted into the C.E.F. at Camp Valcartier on Sept. 22nd 1914 where he listed his occupation as "Farmer" He died at Vancouver BC on Oct. 25th 1918 at the age of 32. -
Cross of Sacrifice
Memorial Cross in the section where 27733 Pvt. Albert Rodney Thomas is buried in the Mountain View cemetery in Vancouver BC. -
Vancouver Mountain View Cemetery
Cemetery view of the section where 27733 Pvt. Albert Rodney Thomas is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver BC -
Inscription
Close up of the grave stone of 27733 Pvt. Albert Rodney Thomas is buried in the Mountain View cemetery in Vancouver BC -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn. Submitted by Captain (retired) V.R. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn. Submitted by Captain (retired) V.R. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Thomas
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Thomas
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 511 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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