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Military service
Service number:
5562
Age:
25
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
2nd Field Coy.
Death:
June 4, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Henry Edmond and Jane Fortune Connon, of 969, Jervis St., Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Sapper Charles Arthur Connon
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Attestation papers
Attestation Paper-front side -
Attestation papers
Attestation Paper-back side -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CONNON TO CORBETT. Microform Sequence 22; Volume Number 31829_B016731. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 166. Page 817 of 818. The other half of this record could not be found. Based on the Service Number: 5562, this record is believed to be that of Sapper Charles Arthur Connon. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
An earlier version of the CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS card for Sapper Charles Arthur Connon, located at Commonwealth War Graves Registers, First World War http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/mass-digitized-archives/commonwealth-war-graves-registers/Pages/commonwealth-war-graves-registers.aspx Coburn to Coogan page 1003 of 1176 http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=img&app=microform&id=31830_B016593-01002 -
Memorial
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)
Digital gallery of
Sapper Charles Arthur Connon
Digital gallery of
Sapper Charles Arthur Connon
Digital gallery of
Sapper Charles Arthur Connon
Digital gallery of
Sapper Charles Arthur Connon
Digital gallery of
Sapper Charles Arthur Connon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 10 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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