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Military service
Service number:
151809
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
"C" Coy. 43rd Bn.
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Harriet Rosa Margarson, of Norfolk, England.
Digital gallery of Private John Margarson
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of John Margarson
John Margarson was killed in the battle of the Somme. He had my Grandfather's Bible when he died and asked that it would be sent home. In 2006 it was returned to Winnipeg with a bullet in it. -
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 Margarson
Digital gallery of
Private John Margarson
Digital gallery of
Private John Margarson
Digital gallery of
Private John Margarson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 132 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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