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Military service
Service number:
193386
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
August 29, 1897
Death:
August 12, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John Thomas and Matilda Jane Thornton, of 215, Brock Avenue, Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private John Thomas Thornton
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Press Clipping
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Document
Where he is buried -
Newspaper Clipping
First part of the War Diaries about the operation on August 12 that led to his death -
Document
Second part of the War Diaries about the operation on August 12 that led to his death -
Badge
Cap badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Pte Thornton originally enlisted in this unit but was sent to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Thornton
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Thornton
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Thornton
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Thornton
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Thornton
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Thornton
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Thornton
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Thornton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 513 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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