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Military service
Service number:
402205
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
April 20, 1891
Death:
June 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Thomas George Thorn, of Stratford, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Frank George Thorn
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Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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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 Frank George Thorn
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … 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
Digital gallery of
Private Frank George Thorn
Digital gallery of
Private Frank George Thorn
Digital gallery of
Private Frank George Thorn
Digital gallery of
Private Frank George Thorn
Digital gallery of
Private Frank George Thorn
Digital gallery of
Private Frank George Thorn
Digital gallery of
Private Frank George Thorn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 173 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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