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John Harris Fairchild

In memory of:

Gunner John Harris Fairchild

November 2, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

89757

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

7th Bde.

Additional Information

Born:

September 26, 1892

Son of Isaac E. Fairchild and Agnes Chalmers, his wife, of 191, Chestnut St., Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 84 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

II. G. 14.

Location:

Pozieres is a village some 6 kilometres north-east of Albert, and the POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, which is enclosed by the Pozieres Memorial, is a little south-west of the village on the north side of the main road, D929, from Albert to Pozieres.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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    Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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