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Military service
Service number:
136
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)
Birth:
June 7, 1887
Moosomin, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
December 30, 1914
Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Death:
March 3, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
L.24. B."C." S.16.
Additional information
Son of the late John and Sarah Eleanor Bloomer of Port Hope, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private John James Bloomer
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Original Gravemarker
Original grave marker for Pte Bloomer at the Brandon Municipal Cemetery (Brandon, MB, Canada), Section 16 Block C Plot 24 -
Inscription
Closeup of original grave marker for Pte Bloomer (1st CMR) at the Brandon Municipal Cemetery (Brandon, MB, Canada), Section 16 Block C Plot 24 -
Grave Marker
John James Bloomer's grave marker -
Family Memorial
Cpl Thomas Lane is on a family grave marker with fellow Canadian Mounted Rifles, Saskatchewan Reg't member Trooper John James Bloomer, who died on March 3, 1915 — Lane followed just a month later. His military marker is to the right of the main stone, while Bloomer's is flat to the ground in front.
Digital gallery of
Private John James Bloomer
Digital gallery of
Private John James Bloomer
Digital gallery of
Private John James Bloomer
Digital gallery of
Private John James Bloomer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 5 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRANDON CEMETERY Manitoba, Canada
This cemetery is located 700 metres south of 18th Street and Richmond Avenue, on Highway 10.
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