Military service
Service number:
1075145
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
67th Pioneer Battalion.
Birth:
September 24, 1893
Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Husband of Matilda Cole, of Victoria, Newfoundland.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private John Charles Cole
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Photo of JOHN CHARLES COLE
Private John Charles Cole, 67th Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Engineers. D.O.B September 24, 1893, D.O.D April 9, 1917, near Montreal Crater, at Vimy Ridge, France -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 689 of 1384. -
Memorial
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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Private John Charles Cole
Digital gallery of
Private John Charles Cole
Digital gallery of
Private John Charles Cole
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 29 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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