Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry, 14th Bn.
George Arbon was 15 when he left for Canada as a British Home Child. He was sent by the Church of England Waifs & Strays, departed Liverpool on the Victorian April 27, 1905, arrived May 7, 1905 at the Gibb Home in Sherbrooke Quebec. He travelled with his brother, Frederick Arbon, 14. (1890-1962)
Younger brother Herbert William Arbon (1897-1972) would follow them in 1912 with Barnardo's and serve for Canada in WW1.
BHC Registry ID #: 31864
Died: 28 September 1916 Age at death: 27
Died at: No. 49 Casualty Clearing Station, France
Cause: Died of Wounds War Related Death: Yes
Cemetery: Contay British Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Contay, Picardie, France
Cemetery Plot: I. E. 3.
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry, 14th Bn.
George Arbon was 15 when he left for Canada as a British Home Child. He was sent by the Church of England Waifs & Strays, departed Liverpool on the Victorian April 27, 1905, arrived May 7, 1905 at the Gibb Home in Sherbrooke Quebec. He travelled with his brother, Frederick Arbon, 14. (1890-1962)
Younger brother Herbert William Arbon (1897-1972) would follow them in 1912 with Barnardo's and serve for Canada in WW1.
BHC Registry ID #: 31864
Died: 28 September 1916 Age at death: 27
Died at: No. 49 Casualty Clearing Station, France
Cause: Died of Wounds War Related Death: Yes
Cemetery: Contay British Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Contay, Picardie, France
Cemetery Plot: I. E. 3.
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