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Military service
Service number:
2296
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Enlistment:
March 20, 1916
Death:
October 9, 1917
Langemarck, Belgium
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Son of Francis and Susan Columbus, of Shallop Cove, St. George, Newfoundland. Brother of Private Frederick Columbus, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, killed in action 9 October 1915.
Digital gallery of Private Frank Colombus
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Inscription on Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
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Memorial
Caribou ... Beaumont Hamel Memorial ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Beaumont Hamel Memorial ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Colombus
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Colombus
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Colombus
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Colombus
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 30 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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