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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Arthur Ernest Bernard Morton

In memory of:

Lieutenant Arthur Ernest Bernard Morton

September 24, 1916

Military Service


Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

3rd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

May 28, 1897
Fort William, Ontario

Enlistment:

March 13, 1916
Windsor, Ontario

Son of Ernest A. and Georgie Morton, of Windsor, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 139 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

I. E. 8.

Location:

Contalmaison is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The Sunken Road, from which the cemetery is named, is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road, and the cemetery lies a little east of the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Pte William Roass Blyth 52nd Battalion on the left.

Lt. Arthur E. Morton 3rd Battalion on the right - Killed in Action
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
  • Photo of Arthur Morton– In memory of the employees from the Canadian Bank Of Commerce (CIBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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