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Son of Cornelius and Ellen Leary; husband of Alice Ellen Leary, of Mount Vernon, New York, United States of America.
Digital gallery of Gunner Arthur James Leary
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Gunner Arthur James Leary
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A private memorial to Arthur James Leary. It is located in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Leary is buried in Ross Bay. But as of this writing I have not been able to locate his CWGC marker. This photograph was taken in the spring of 2008.
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This is a closeup of the inscription on Arthur James Leary's private marker. It reads as follows:<P> SACRED<B> TO THE MEMORY OF<BR> ARTHUR JAMES LEARY<BR> DEARLY BELOVED<BR> HUSBAND OF<BR> ALICE ELLEN LEARY<Br> DIED NOV. 9 1917<BR> THY WILL BE DONE
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Newspaper clipping from the Daily Colonist of November 10, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y289uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 273 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VICTORIA (ROSS BAY) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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