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Military service
Service number:
140018
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
February 25, 1896
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 27, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8.C. 16.
Additional information
Son of Henry and Catherine Blake, of 23, Horner Ave., Mount Dennis, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Private Albert James Blake
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Grave Marker
My Great Uncle Albert's resting place. -
Newspaper Obituary
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Family Photo
Great Uncle Albert with Sisters -
Memorial
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. He was discovered and exhumed at a later date and now rests in a marked grave.May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Albert James Blake
Digital gallery of
Private Albert James Blake
Digital gallery of
Private Albert James Blake
Digital gallery of
Private Albert James Blake
Digital gallery of
Private Albert James Blake
Digital gallery of
Private Albert James Blake
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 55 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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