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Military service
Service number:
337904
Age:
22
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
5th Trench Mortar Bty.
Birth:
June 11, 1895
Death:
November 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XX. B. 10.
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Rachel Wain, of Tara, Ontario. A graduate B.A., Toronto University.
Digital gallery of Gunner George Elmer Wain
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Honour Roll
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921. -
Photo of George Wain
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Memorial
Owen Sound Collegiate Institute Memorial Tablet. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library. -
Memorial
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Memorial
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Bio
From Vol. 2 of the Ontario Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict were inscribed on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, names were added in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1,200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: K. Parks, 2008, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial
Memorial Room, Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, 2010, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Gunner George Elmer Wain
Digital gallery of
Gunner George Elmer Wain
Digital gallery of
Gunner George Elmer Wain
Digital gallery of
Gunner George Elmer Wain
Digital gallery of
Gunner George Elmer Wain
Digital gallery of
Gunner George Elmer Wain
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 343 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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