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Military service
Service number:
874171
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
27th Bn.
Birth:
August 5, 1892
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
May 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William G. Allan (178th Bn.).
Digitized Service File.
Digital gallery of Private John Edgar Allan
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Morning Bulletin c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Edgar Allan
Digital gallery of
Private John Edgar Allan
Digital gallery of
Private John Edgar Allan
Digital gallery of
Private John Edgar Allan
Digital gallery of
Private John Edgar Allan
Digital gallery of
Private John Edgar Allan
Digital gallery of
Private John Edgar Allan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 190 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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