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Military service
Service number:
716258
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
September 6, 1894
Guysborough, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
July 10, 1916
Truro, Nova Scotia
Death:
January 16, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of James and Ester Ash of Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Husband of Reta Ash of Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Brother of Private Norman Ash, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment).
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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) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Rollie Ash
Digital gallery of
Private Rollie Ash
Digital gallery of
Private Rollie Ash
Digital gallery of
Private Rollie Ash
Digital gallery of
Private Rollie Ash
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 193 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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