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Military service
Service number:
144914
Age:
39
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
47th Bn.
Birth:
November 14, 1878
Cobourg, Ontario
Enlistment:
Cobourg, Ontario
Death:
September 2, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Husband of Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Allen, of James St., Cobourg, Ontario. Pte Allen is commemorated on the bronze plaque of the St. Marys, Ontario Town Hall Cenotaph.
Digitized Service File.
Digital gallery of Private Arthur Ernest Allen
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St Marys Cenotaph
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St Marys Town Hall Bronze Plaque
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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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Ernest Allen
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Ernest Allen
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Ernest Allen
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Ernest Allen
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Ernest Allen
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Ernest Allen
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Ernest Allen
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Ernest Allen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 358 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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