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Military service
Service number:
252338
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
November 27, 1894
Death:
November 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. A. 11.
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Elizabeth Furnis, of Swift Current, Saskatchewan. In 2003, his name was found carved in one of the walls of the Goodman Tunnel under the Vimy Monument.
Digital gallery of Private George William Furnis
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Grave Marker
Grave marker … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cemetery … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private George William Furnis
Digital gallery of
Private George William Furnis
Digital gallery of
Private George William Furnis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 240 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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