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Military service
Service number:
139583
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
December 10, 1892
Death:
September 24, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Thomas Alexander Giffen
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Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mourning Mother
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
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) -
Inscription
Not forgotten.
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Alexander Giffen
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Alexander Giffen
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Alexander Giffen
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Alexander Giffen
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Alexander Giffen
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Alexander Giffen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 91 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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