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Military service
Age:
20
Rank:
Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Division:
H.M.S. Melampus.
Birth:
November 29, 1897
Enlistment:
Erin, Ontario
Death:
November 10, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. B. 2.
Additional information
Son of Dr. Henry and Jennie Gear, of Erin, Ontario. A student of Toronto University.
Digital gallery of Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant John D Gear
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Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of John Gear
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Memorial
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Affairs. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of Surg Sub Lt. J. D. Gear R.N.V.R. is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, which can be seen at photo left. -
Roll of honour
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant John D Gear
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Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant John D Gear
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Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant John D Gear
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Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant John D Gear
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Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant John D Gear
Digital gallery of
Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant John D Gear
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 587 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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