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Military service
Service number:
434764
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
May 20, 1893
Death:
September 24, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private John Dower
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Newspaper Clipping
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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) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 625 of 1076. Body not recovered for burial.
Digital gallery of
Private John Dower
Digital gallery of
Private John Dower
Digital gallery of
Private John Dower
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 79 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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