Military service
Service number:
116907
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
December 13, 1888
Bay of Islands, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment:
May 11, 1916
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
August 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of James and Susannah Parsons, of Curling, Newfoundland.
Digital gallery of Private John Thomas Parsons
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Parsons
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Parsons
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Parsons
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 93 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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