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Military service
Service number:
476578
Age:
23
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
1st Bde.
Birth:
March 27, 1894
Enlistment:
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
June 16, 1917
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Additional information
Son of Edgar Atkinson, of 1635, Chandler Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia; husband of Jean Mary Burkitt (formerly Atkinson) of Shirley Farm, Salt Spring Island British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Gunner Maurice Chester Atkinson
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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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of July 3, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y176uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
Photo of MAURICE CHESTER ATKINSON
From the Daily Colonist of July 4, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y177uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
Digital gallery of
Gunner Maurice Chester Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Gunner Maurice Chester Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Gunner Maurice Chester Atkinson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 193 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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