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Military service
Service number:
799276
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
December 6, 1897
Surrey, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
January 17, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 18, 1917
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Additional information
Son of William John and Ellen Howe of Toronto, Ontario.
His father, Private William John Howe died on April 24, 1915, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private John Edward Howe
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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
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private John Edward Howe
Digital gallery of
Private John Edward Howe
Digital gallery of
Private John Edward Howe
Digital gallery of
Private John Edward Howe
Digital gallery of
Private John Edward Howe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 259 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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