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Military service
Service number:
B/133164
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Death:
July 25, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A, C, 45.
Additional information
Son of George and Mary E. Thorburn, of Orillia, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private John Reginald Thorburn
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Cemetery
Entrance - Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 -
Headstone of John R. Thorburn
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Entrance
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Photo of John Reginald Thorburn
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Group photo
John Thorburn with sisters Vera and Edythe<p> In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of John Reginald Thorburn
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of John Thorburn
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Private John Reginald Thorburn is also commemorated on the WWII Memorial in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Private John Reginald Thorburn is also commemorated on the WWII Memorial in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Badge
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private John Reginald Thorburn
Digital gallery of
Private John Reginald Thorburn
Digital gallery of
Private John Reginald Thorburn
Digital gallery of
Private John Reginald Thorburn
Digital gallery of
Private John Reginald Thorburn
Digital gallery of
Private John Reginald Thorburn
Digital gallery of
Private John Reginald Thorburn
Digital gallery of
Private John Reginald Thorburn
Digital gallery of
Private John Reginald Thorburn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 220 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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