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Military service
Service number:
3080139
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
24th Bn.
Birth:
September 14, 1899
Knowlton, Québec
Enlistment:
October 10, 1917
Montreal, Québec
Death:
August 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 24.
Additional information
Son of Julius and Eva Louisa Sanborn, of 172, Edna Avenue, Verdun, Quebec.
Brother of Private Maland Francis Sanborn, who died on October 12, 1918, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment).
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Grave Marker
Grave marker - Sun Quarry Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Oscar Julius Sanborn
Digital gallery of
Private Oscar Julius Sanborn
Digital gallery of
Private Oscar Julius Sanborn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 496 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SUN QUARRY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Cherisy is a village approximately 13 kilometres south-east of Arras. The Cemetery is 1.5 kilometres south-east of the village on the north-east side of the D38 road to Hendecourt. Cherisy village was captured by the Allied 18th Division on May 3, 1917, but lost the same night; and it remained in German hands until it was retaken by the Canadian Corps on August 27, 1918. The cemetery takes it name from a flint quarry, known to the British Army as Sun Quarry, located a short distance south-east of Cherisy. The Cemetery covers an area of 462 square metres and is enclosed by brick walls.
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