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Military service
Service number:
645989
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
December 9, 1898
Enlistment:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
August 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William and Jane Cork, of Abbotsholme, Bacton, Norwich, England.
Digital gallery of Private John Robert Cork
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI TO COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 75 of 900. -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private John Robert Cork
Digital gallery of
Private John Robert Cork
Digital gallery of
Private John Robert Cork
Digital gallery of
Private John Robert Cork
Digital gallery of
Private John Robert Cork
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 220 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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