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Military service
Service number:
B/48620
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Grey and Simcoe Foresters, R.C.A.C.
Birth:
April 24, 1918
Saugeen Reserve, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 17, 1940
Owen Sound, Ontario
Death:
February 16, 1941
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Son of William and Lilian John of Chippawa Hill, Ontario.
Brother of Private Maurice John, who died on May 16, 1944, while serving with The Royal Canadian Regiment.
Digital gallery of Private Ernest John
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Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
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Photo of Ernest John
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Private Ernest John
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest John
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest John
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest John
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest John
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 33 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHIPPAWA HILL (SAUGEEN RESERVE) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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