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Military service
Service number:
3493
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
Norris Point, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment:
February 26, 1917
Death:
June 7, 1918
Wandsworth, England
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. B. 7.
Additional information
Son of George and Annie Major, of Norris' Point, Bonne Bay, Newfoundland.
Digital gallery of Private John Thomas Major
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Grave marker
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Photo of John Thomas Major
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Memorial
A cross memorial in Norris Point, NL was constructed in memory of J.T. Major who was wounded in France. He later died in England as a result of his injuries. There is an annual parade and wreath laying on November 11th. http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=4288 Photo Credit: Wallace Major
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Major
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Major
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Major
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 76 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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