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Military service
Service number:
2005068
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Forestry Corps
Birth:
August 28, 1897
Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
May 14, 1917
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
October 31, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Avard Dimock
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Grave Marker
On the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Avard's death, we placed some flowers on behalf of his Great Niece in the United States. -
Photo of Avard and Rose
The military service record shows that on 7th June 1918 Private Dimock was granted permission to marry, which happened on 19th July 1918 – his wife, Rose Ellen Wootton of Arthur Street in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. Rose Ellen Dimock (1886-1969) stayed in Ampthill. The 1939 Register records her as living at 23, Arthur Street. Rose did not re-marry. -
Photo of Avard Longley Dimock
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Memorial
Headstone – repair and rededication Over the years the gravestone weathered and sustained damage.
Digital gallery of
Private Avard Dimock
Digital gallery of
Private Avard Dimock
Digital gallery of
Private Avard Dimock
Digital gallery of
Private Avard Dimock
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 398 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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AMPTHILL (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
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