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Military service
Service number:
602916
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Battalion
Birth:
November 16, 1891
Enlistment:
Sarnia, Ontario
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Wilbert Albert Ackerman, of 390 South, Russell St., Sarnia, Ontario.
Digitized Service File.
Digital gallery of Private Ralph Louis Ackerman
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press April 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Ralph Louis Ackerman
Digital gallery of
Private Ralph Louis Ackerman
Digital gallery of
Private Ralph Louis Ackerman
Digital gallery of
Private Ralph Louis Ackerman
Digital gallery of
Private Ralph Louis Ackerman
Digital gallery of
Private Ralph Louis Ackerman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 189 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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