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Military service
Service number:
419190
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. B. 7.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Thomas Drever
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Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 897 of 1076. His grave was located 5 ¼ miles North of Arras. After the Armistice his body was exhumed and buried in BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY. -
Attestation Papers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. -
Attestation Papers (Reverse)
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Newspaper Clipping
This photograph of Sgt. Thomas Drever appeared in the Burlington Gazette (Burlington, Ontario, Canada) on May 23rd, 1917. -
Monument
Sgt. Thomas Drever is remembered on his family memorial at Greenwood Cemetery, Burlington, Ontario. -
Inscription
Detail of inscription dedicated to Sgt. Thomas Douglas Drever indicating that he was killed in action at Vimy Ridge, France. -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Bois Carre British Cemetery - The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Memorial
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Thomas Drever
Enrolled with the 37th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Thomas Drever
BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.
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