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Military service
Service number:
207172
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
44th Bn.
Birth:
March 30, 1885
Enlistment:
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
May 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Jessie Holliday, of 42, South River St., Coxsackie, New York, U.S.A.
Digitized service file.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 989 of 1384. Body not recovered for burial. -
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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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Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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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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Private John Collins
Digital gallery of
Private John Collins
Digital gallery of
Private John Collins
Digital gallery of
Private John Collins
Digital gallery of
Private John Collins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 218 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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