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Military service
Service number:
1075342
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
August 27, 1889
Quebec City, Québec
Enlistment:
September 15, 1916
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
August 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Bernard Leonard, of Quebec City. He was a utility player for Quebec Hockey Club in 1907. G. J. A. Leonard played hockey with other military members from Quebec, like Charles "Chubby" Power and C.F. Constantine.
Digital gallery of Private George Joseph Arthur Leonard
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Newspaper Clipping
Source : quebecbulldogs.com -
Attestation papers
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Circumstances of Death Registers
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George Leonard in 1912
Source: Marc Durand -
Newspaper Clipping
From The Quebec Chronicle (September 10, 1917) Source: Mard Durand -
Newspaper Clipping
From The Quebec Chronicle (September 10, 1917) Source: Mard Durand -
Newspaper Clipping
From The Quebec Chronicle (September 10, 1917) Source: Mard Durand -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Photo of George Leonard
Source : quebecbulldogs.com -
Inscription
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mourning Mother
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Medal
Memorial Cross of Pvt. Leonard -
Medal
Memorial Cross of Pvt. Leonard part 2 -
Medal
Memorial Cross of Pvt. Leonard part 3
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Private George Joseph Arthur Leonard
Digital gallery of
Private George Joseph Arthur Leonard
Digital gallery of
Private George Joseph Arthur Leonard
Digital gallery of
Private George Joseph Arthur Leonard
Digital gallery of
Private George Joseph Arthur Leonard
Digital gallery of
Private George Joseph Arthur Leonard
Digital gallery of
Private George Joseph Arthur Leonard
Digital gallery of
Private George Joseph Arthur Leonard
Digital gallery of
Private George Joseph Arthur Leonard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 274 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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