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Military service
Service number:
437507
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
May 21, 1893
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Jack and Isabella Guthrie.
Digital gallery of Private John Stuart Guthrie
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Memorial
Pte. John Stuart Guthrie's name was included on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. He indicated on his military attestation that he was a bank clerk. Source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included the Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses. -
Memorial
Detail of Pte. John Stuart Guthrie's name as it appeared on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. -
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) -
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) -
Photo of John Stuart Guthrie
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Stuart Guthrie
Digital gallery of
Private John Stuart Guthrie
Digital gallery of
Private John Stuart Guthrie
Digital gallery of
Private John Stuart Guthrie
Digital gallery of
Private John Stuart Guthrie
Digital gallery of
Private John Stuart Guthrie
Digital gallery of
Private John Stuart Guthrie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 96 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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