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Military service
Service number:
24686
Age:
26
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Enlistment:
Montreal
Death:
April 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of A. S. and Elizabeth Boyce Adams.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal John Baptiste Adams
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Memorial Stained Glass
A stained glass Great Wars memorial window (1949) by Charles William Kelsey is in the stairwell of St. Andrew's United Church (College Moderne) 3730 rue Neree-Beauchemin, Trois Rivieres. The window depicts the figure of Christ with arms outstretched. In the top of the window are the badges of the Navy, Army and Air Force. Below are the words "I am the Resurrection and the Life". Written in the dedication panel is "1914-1918 John B Adams, J Fotheringham, S McGugan. 1913-1944 John Finlay, Ernest G Graham, John McKenzie, Richard H Parker, J.A. (Sandy) Smith, Stuart McL Thomson, Matthew Watson, George W. Yeo. In Grateful and Loving Memory of the Fallen in Two World Wars. -
Photo of John Baptiste Adams
Jack Adams in dress uniform 1914 -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Baptiste Adams
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Baptiste Adams
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Baptiste Adams
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Baptiste Adams
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