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Military service
Service number:
859245
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
43rd Bn.
Birth:
May 8, 1895
Bowden, Roxburgshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
November 9, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
August 8, 1918
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Son of John Gray and Janet Armstrong (nee Riddell) Gray, of Harte, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private John Symington Gray
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Photo of John Symington Gray
photo is of John Symington Gray in his army uniform, he was born May 08, 1895 in Bowden, Roxburghshire, Scotland to John Gray & Janet Armstrong (Riddell) Gray. He immigrated to Canada in 1911. He arrived at the Port of Quebec on July 10, 1911 and headed to Harte, Manitoba where his parents had set up the family farm. He enlisted in the army on Nov.09, 1915 in Winnipeg, Manitoba with the Canadian Over Seas Expeditionary Forces. My Great Uncle John S Gray would have his life shortened though, as he died in France on August 8th, 1918. His name is on the Vimy 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)
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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)
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Memorial
We can't thank you enough as a family for the great sacrifice you gave, so that we may live the lives that we have today. R.I.P. Great uncle John.
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Private John Symington Gray
Digital gallery of
Private John Symington Gray
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 418 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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