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Military service
Service number:
859652
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
43rd Bn.
Birth:
December 6, 1886
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
April 5, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. B. 5.
Additional information
Son of James and Elsie Walker Brebner, of Schoolhouse, Bracoden, Gamrie, Scotland; husband of Elsie Fiddes Walker Brebner.
Digital gallery of Private John Walker Brebner
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Bois Carre British Cemetery
Bois Carre British Cemetery - The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Grave Marker
Grave of Pte. Brebner, 43rd Battalion Vimy Ridge. July 1918. Library and Archives Canada.
Digital gallery of
Private John Walker Brebner
Digital gallery of
Private John Walker Brebner
Digital gallery of
Private John Walker Brebner
BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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