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Military service
Service number:
463225
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
September 3, 1880
Groffereinte, South Africa
Enlistment:
July 30, 1915
Vernon, British Columbia
Death:
September 9, 1916
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Son of the late James and Alexina Butchart.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Roland James Butchart
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His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. 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) -
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Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Roland James Butchart
Digital gallery of
Private Roland James Butchart
Digital gallery of
Private Roland James Butchart
Digital gallery of
Private Roland James Butchart
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 62 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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