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Military service
Service number:
21472
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
28th Bn.
Birth:
April 15, 1885
Meaford, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
April 7, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. 24.
Additional information
Son of Orrin and Clementina German.
Digital gallery of Private John Howard German
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Grave Marker
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Dickebushe Cemetery's Entrance
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Photo of John German
University of Manitoba Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Winnipeg, 1923. Roll of the Fallen (pg. 19) - GERMAN, John Howard: Pharm. '06; Enlisted 22-9-14; Pte. 11th Battn.; Transferred to 28th Battn.; Service in France; Killed 7-4-16. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of April 21, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y113uvic#mode/1up
Digital gallery of
Private John Howard German
Digital gallery of
Private John Howard German
Digital gallery of
Private John Howard German
Digital gallery of
Private John Howard German
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 91 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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