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Military service
Service number:
138552
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
July 18, 1892
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 10, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private George Couperthwaite
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Markham Economist and Sun for 23 August 1917. -
Newspaper Clipping (2)
From the Markham Economist and Sun for 17 May 1917. -
Newspaper Clipping (3)
From the Markham Economist and Sun for 24 May 1917. -
Newspaper Clipping 4
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Essay (Page 1)
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Essay (Page 2)
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Essay (Page 3)
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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 515 of 900. The location of his grave was registered as ½ mile South East of Thelus, 3 ¾ miles North North East of Arras, France. After the war, during the concentration of graves, process his grave could not be found. -
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 Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private George Couperthwaite
Digital gallery of
Private George Couperthwaite
Digital gallery of
Private George Couperthwaite
Digital gallery of
Private George Couperthwaite
Digital gallery of
Private George Couperthwaite
Digital gallery of
Private George Couperthwaite
Digital gallery of
Private George Couperthwaite
Digital gallery of
Private George Couperthwaite
Digital gallery of
Private George Couperthwaite
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 221 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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