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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
42475
Age:
21
Rank:
Bombardier
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
3rd Bde.
Death:
December 5, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. D. 20.
Additional information
Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Defriez, of Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Bombardier Forbes Elliott Defriez
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Grave marker
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Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of FORBES ELLIOTT DEFRIEZ
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 425 of 1036. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Forbes Elliott Defriez
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Forbes Elliott Defriez
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Forbes Elliott Defriez
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Forbes Elliott Defriez
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Forbes Elliott Defriez
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Forbes Elliott Defriez
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Forbes Elliott Defriez
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 76 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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