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Military service
Service number:
422729
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
March 26, 1889
Iceland
Enlistment:
April 12, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
July 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. A. 4.
Digital gallery of Private Johannas Stephen Thorlakson
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
Grave marker ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the book "Minningarrit íslenzkra hermanna 1914-1918" which tells the stories of the Canadian Icelandic soldiers of WW1. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private Johannas Stephen Thorlakson
Digital gallery of
Private Johannas Stephen Thorlakson
Digital gallery of
Private Johannas Stephen Thorlakson
Digital gallery of
Private Johannas Stephen Thorlakson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 173 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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