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Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alfred Workman, of Montreal, Quebec, brother of Albert E. Workman, Westmount, Montreal. He enlisted on 17 April 1916 at Montreal, Quebec. He attested that he was a salesman and single. He had previous Militia service with 3 Victoria Rifles.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Marvin Jay Workman
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Lieutenant Marvin Jay Workman
WAR DIARY 75th Battalion CEF 1917
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Marvin Jay Workman
Photo of the gravestone of Lt. Marvin Jay Workman who died on the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge and lies in Canadian Cemetery No.2 at Vimy Ridge.
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Lieutenant Marvin Jay Workman
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Lieutenant Marvin Jay Workman
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Lieutenant Marvin Jay Workman
Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Lieutenant Marvin Jay Workman
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Marvin Jay Workman
25 April 2018, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) cefrg.ca
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WAR DIARY 75th Battalion CEF 1917
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Photo of the gravestone of Lt. Marvin Jay Workman who died on the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge and lies in Canadian Cemetery No.2 at Vimy Ridge.
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Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc
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25 April 2018, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) cefrg.ca
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 353 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 Pas de Calais, France
The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.
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