He was killed in action on April 9, 1917 during the attack on Farbus Wood, a side battle taking place at the same time to capture the woods and secure Arras about four kilometres south of Vimy Ridge.
The five-foot-10-inch baggage man with blue eyes enlisted in December 1915 in Toronto — 18 months after his marriage to Lillian Fern Jennings.
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Service No: 766406
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry, 3rd Bn.
Son of Jacob Jennings and his wife Mary Ann Vogue, of Stouffville, Ontario; husband of Fern Saunders Pearson (formerly Jennings), of 160, Huron St., Toronto, Ontario.
A family memorial is located in Fred's hometown of Stouffville, Ontario Cenotaph Stouffville Cemetery
He was killed in action on April 9, 1917 during the attack on Farbus Wood, a side battle taking place at the same time to capture the woods and secure Arras about four kilometres south of Vimy Ridge.
The five-foot-10-inch baggage man with blue eyes enlisted in December 1915 in Toronto — 18 months after his marriage to Lillian Fern Jennings.
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Service No: 766406
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry, 3rd Bn.
Son of Jacob Jennings and his wife Mary Ann Vogue, of Stouffville, Ontario; husband of Fern Saunders Pearson (formerly Jennings), of 160, Huron St., Toronto, Ontario.
A family memorial is located in Fred's hometown of Stouffville, Ontario Cenotaph Stouffville Cemetery
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