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Military service
Service number:
42319
Age:
21
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
11th Bty. 3rd Bde.
Birth:
May 20, 1895
Hannon, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 25, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
June 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. D. 46.
Additional information
Son of Delbert and Mary Ann Horning, of Saltfleet Township, Wentworth County, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Gunner John Ira Horning
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War Memorial
Saltfleet Township War Memorial (1922), Highway 8, Stoney Creek, Ontario. -
Inscription
Detail of names listed on the Saltfleet Township War Memorial. -
Grave marker
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
Grave marker ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Gunner John Ira Horning
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Ira Horning
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Ira Horning
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Ira Horning
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Ira Horning
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Ira Horning
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 105 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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