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Military service
Service number:
53934
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
April 8, 1894
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Robert Lee, of Galt, Ontario.
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Galt War Memorial
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953." -
Close up of Galt War Memorial
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial. -
Photo of John Lee
Private John Lee. 18th Can. Batt. [Symbol of cross] Sept. 15, 1916. Somme front. The photographer, William H. Evans, operated the Evans Studio in London, Ont. from 1913 to 1925. http://images.ourontario.ca/kitchener/details.asp?r=vs&ID=45223&number=42 -
Inscription
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mourning Mother
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Biography
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards, Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private John Lee
Digital gallery of
Private John Lee
Digital gallery of
Private John Lee
Digital gallery of
Private John Lee
Digital gallery of
Private John Lee
Digital gallery of
Private John Lee
Digital gallery of
Private John Lee
Digital gallery of
Private John Lee
Digital gallery of
Private John Lee
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 118 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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