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Military service
Service number:
135816
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Birth:
December 8, 1892
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Toronto, Saskatchewan
Death:
October 11, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Robert Willam and Elizabeth Anne Newman, of Webbwood, Ontario. Enlisted in July, 1915.
Digital gallery of Private John Thomas Kilner Newman
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Photo of John Thomas Kilner Newman
John T. K. Newman, as a member of the Trinity Methodist Church in Toronto, was remembered in the roll of honour in the "Trinity War Book". This book was published by the church in 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping
Pte. John Thomas Kilner Newman was born on December 8th, 1892 in Toronto, Ontario. Pte. Newman's attestation lists his mother, Mrs. Eliza Newman, as next of kin. Her address at that time was 116 Borden Street in Toronto. He signed his attestation on August 5th, 1915 in Niagara. -
Newspaper Clipping
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In honoured memory. -
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) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Kilner Newman
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Kilner Newman
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Kilner Newman
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Kilner Newman
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Kilner Newman
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Kilner Newman
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Kilner Newman
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Kilner Newman
Digital gallery of
Private John Thomas Kilner Newman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 141 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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