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Military service
Service number:
307756
Age:
26
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
8th Bde.
Birth:
January 9, 1891
Death:
November 5, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. D. 16.
Additional information
Son of George and Jennie Ritchy Dunbar, of Guelph, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Gunner Alexander Mitchell Dunbar
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Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Plaque
1914-1918 Memorial tablet, Bloor Street Presbyterian Church, 300 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. This congregation was established in 1887, and in 1925 became the Bloor Street United Church. The tablet was unveiled on May 16th, 1920. It was inscribed: "In memory of the men of Bloor Street Presbyterian Church who went out to battle and died for Freedom's cause. They feared not Death and meeting it they won the Victor's Crown." -
Photo of Alexander Dunbar
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Stained Glass Window
A stained glass memorial window at St. Andrew’s Church, 161 Norfolk St., Guelph, ON is dedicated to First World War soldiers. It was erected by St. Andrew’s Church. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE BECAUSE I LIVE, YE SHALL LIVE ALSO IN MEMORIAM: THOMAS RUSSELL ALEX M. DUNBAR DOUGLAS C. RUSSELL JOHN MCCRAE WILLIAM SMITH DONALD P. GIBSON GEORGE W. MORROW LORNE WALKER R. HOWARD TILL GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS" Photo Credit: Kathleen Wall http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=4435 -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, 2010. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of A. M. Dunbar is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen which can be seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Duane to Dzhobiewski. Microform Sequence 30; Volume Number 31829_B016739. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 174. Page 337 of 1062.
Digital gallery of
Gunner Alexander Mitchell Dunbar
Digital gallery of
Gunner Alexander Mitchell Dunbar
Digital gallery of
Gunner Alexander Mitchell Dunbar
Digital gallery of
Gunner Alexander Mitchell Dunbar
Digital gallery of
Gunner Alexander Mitchell Dunbar
Digital gallery of
Gunner Alexander Mitchell Dunbar
Digital gallery of
Gunner Alexander Mitchell Dunbar
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 231 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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