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Military service
Service number:
75247
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
October 27, 1882
Rosshire, Stornoway, Scotland
Enlistment:
November 10, 1914
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Donald and Jane Morrison of Ness, Stornoway, Scotland.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star
Digital gallery of Private John Morrison
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Newspaper Clipping
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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 Morrison
Digital gallery of
Private John Morrison
Digital gallery of
Private John Morrison
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 138 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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