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Military service
Service number:
407099
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1st Bn
Birth:
February 16, 1897
Death:
July 29, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 16.
Additional information
Son of David M. and Sarah I. Forrester, of North Bay, Ontario.
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Gravemarker
British Loos Cemetery Grave for Ernest A. Forrester. Plot 1 Row B Grave 16 -
Letter - p1
Page 1 of a letter sent to Mrs Sarah Jane Forrester, mother of Ernest Forrester. The letter, dated Aug 10th 1917, is from Lieutenant W. Gilson, Signaling Officer 1st Battalion, informing her of the circumstances surrounding the death of her son on July 29th, 1917. -
Letter - p2
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Letter - p3
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Grave Marker
British Loos Cemetery Monument
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Private Ernest Archibald Forrester
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Private Ernest Archibald Forrester
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Private Ernest Archibald Forrester
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Private Ernest Archibald Forrester
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Private Ernest Archibald Forrester
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Private Ernest Archibald Forrester
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 238 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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