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Military service
Service number:
408899
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)
Birth:
September 10, 1896
Death:
September 28, 1916
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Son of Richard F. Pollard, of 582, Durie St. West, Toronto Junction, Ontario, and the late Selina Beatrice Pollard.
Digital gallery of Private John Ross Pollard
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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) -
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Private John Ross Pollard
Digital gallery of
Private John Ross Pollard
Digital gallery of
Private John Ross Pollard
Digital gallery of
Private John Ross Pollard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 149 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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