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Military service
Service number:
79827
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Birth:
September 15, 1891
Death:
September 28, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William J. and Mrs. K. Doherty, of Oakland, California, U.S.A. Enlisted November 1914.
Digital gallery of Private James Henry Doherty
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Newspaper Clipping
THE CALGARY DAILY HERALD MONDAY OCTOBER 16 1916. -
Newspaper clipping
THE CALGARY DAILY HERALD MONDAY OCTOBER 16 1916. -
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) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 963 of 1084. He was buried in the vicinity of West Miramont Road, near Courcelette, France. Subsequently, his grave could not be located. Hence his sacrifice is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.
Digital gallery of
Private James Henry Doherty
Digital gallery of
Private James Henry Doherty
Digital gallery of
Private James Henry Doherty
Digital gallery of
Private James Henry Doherty
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 78 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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