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Military service
Service number:
180812
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1st Reserve Bn.
Birth:
September 19, 1898
Stratfordshire, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
November 16, 1916
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
May 25, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 3035.
Additional information
Son of John Charles and Mary Ann Banks, of 964, Wollaston St., Esquimalt, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private John Charles Banks
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Grave Marker
Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of June 27, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y171uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
Photo of JOHN CHARLES BANKS
From the Daily Colonist 0f June 28, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y172uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
Digital gallery of
Private John Charles Banks
Digital gallery of
Private John Charles Banks
Digital gallery of
Private John Charles Banks
SEAFORD CEMETERY Sussex, United Kingdom
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