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Military service
Service number:
135152
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Death:
August 3, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. H. 7.
Additional information
Son of Lydia E. Morton, of 3087A, Dundas St. West. Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private John Wesley Groom
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
High Park Methodist Church
1914 - 1918 Memorial Plaque for High Park Methodist Church, 260 High Park Ave., Toronto, Ontario. The Memorial Plaque was unveiled in 1924 by Nursing Sister Pat Tuckett, and a Memorial Organ was presented by the Women's Association. Those who died (38 names) are listed on the centre panel with the names of those who served on the side panels. The first services at this location were held in October 1908. The church became High Park Avenue United Church in 1925, and High Park-Alhambra in 1970. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Wesley Groom
Digital gallery of
Private John Wesley Groom
Digital gallery of
Private John Wesley Groom
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 96 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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