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Military service
Service number:
177495
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
87th Bn.
Birth:
January 7, 1896
Death:
October 21, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Charles Allen Donovan
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Photo of CHARLES ALLEN DONOVAN
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 189 of 1076. He was buried about ½ miles North, North East of Courcelette. Subsequently his grave could not be located, thus his sacrifice is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Allen Donovan
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Allen Donovan
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Allen Donovan
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Allen Donovan
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Allen Donovan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 79 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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