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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Enlistment:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
October 11, 1916
London, United Kingdom
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. Q. Range 13. Lot 4.
Additional information
Son of Benjamin F. and Charlotte F. Ackerman, of Peterborough, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Arthur Ross Ackerman
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Portrait of Arthur Ross Ackerman
Arthur Ross Ackerman (Military Cross) was the son of Benjamin and Charlotte Ackerman of Peterborough, Ontario. He was born on September 14, 1893. He enlisted on September 22, 1914. He served with the 57th Regiment, 2nd Canadian (Eastern Ontario) Battalion, 1st L.T.M.B. He was wounded during the Battle of the Somme on September 23, 1916. He died of his wounds at age 23 on October 11, 1916 in England. He was interred in the Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough, Ontario in November, 1916. -
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Ross Ackerman
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Ross Ackerman
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Commemorated on:
Page 45 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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PETERBOROUGH (LITTLE LAKE) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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