L/Cpl
John C. Oxborough
Information about birth
Year of birth: 1883 |
Place of birth: Simla, Garhwal, India, British Raj |
Army information
Country: Canada |
Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
Rank: Lance Corporal |
Service number: 117456 |
Units: — Canadian Mounted Rifles, 2nd Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 31/10/1917 |
Age: 34 |
Memorial
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: 30-32 |
Points of interest 1
#1 | Place of birth |
Sources 2
Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 7525 - 5). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used |
v-War diaries: 2nd Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles, (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4947, Microfilm reel number: T-10755, File number: 465). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 4
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1595083 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=2fc582f7-242d-4111-aa4e-477401d8b6d8 |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/6028882 |
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1595083 |