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Military service
Service number:
490804
Age:
24
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Engineers
Division:
12th Field Company
Birth:
December 22, 1893
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
March 21, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Bay 1
Additional information
Son of Octavius and Bertha M. Newcombe, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant John Carr Newcombe
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Newspaper Article
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping (2)
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921. -
Photo of John Newcombe
Second Lieutenant John Carr Newcombe was a member of the Trinity Methodist Church, Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario. His photograph and story appeared in the Trinity War Book in 1921. -
Trinity War Book
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Photo of John Newcombe
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John Carr Newcombe
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John Carr Newcombe
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John Carr Newcombe
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John Carr Newcombe
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John Carr Newcombe
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John Carr Newcombe
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John Carr Newcombe
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John Carr Newcombe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 592 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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