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Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
December 4, 1890
Hochelaga, Québec
Enlistment:
April 17, 1916
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
1.A.3.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alfred Workman, of Montreal, Quebec, brother of Albert E. Workman, Westmount, Montreal. He enlisted on 17 April 1916 at Montreal, Quebec. He attested that he was a salesman and single. He had previous Militia service with 3 Victoria Rifles.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Marvin Jay Workman
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Diary
WAR DIARY 75th Battalion CEF 1917 -
Gravemarker
Photo of the gravestone of Lt. Marvin Jay Workman who died on the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge and lies in Canadian Cemetery No.2 at Vimy Ridge. -
Gravemarker
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Cemetery
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Grave marker
25 April 2018, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) cefrg.ca
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Marvin Jay Workman
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Marvin Jay Workman
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Marvin Jay Workman
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Marvin Jay Workman
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Marvin Jay Workman
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Marvin Jay Workman
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Marvin Jay Workman
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Commemorated on:
Page 353 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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