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Military service
Service number:
154275
Age:
44
Rank:
Pioneer
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Pioneers
Division:
1st Pioneer Battalion.
Birth:
December 14, 1871
Enlistment:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
September 16, 1916
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Son of the late John and Janet Black, of Newtownards, Dumfries, Scotland.
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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) -
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Pioneer John Black
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Pioneer John Black
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Pioneer John Black
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 55 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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