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Military service
Service number:
148734
Age:
21
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Birth:
October 30, 1896
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
August 11, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of James Brett and Mary Brett, of Suite 3, Fisher Blk., Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal James Brett
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Circumstance of death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 157 Page 535 of 906 -
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) -
Memorial
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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
Lance Corporal James Brett
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Brett
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Brett
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Brett
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Brett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 373 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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