Memorial Cross, 20th Battalion, KIA 9th April 1917, Vimy Ridge
724649 Pte. J. L. Furnia
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John Lewis Furnia, Private, 20th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, was killed in action at Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917. He is commemorated by name at Zivy Crater, Thelus, Pas de Calais.
John Lewis Furnia, Private, 20th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, was killed in action at Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917. John was born at Primce Edward, Ontario in 1877, He was killed instantly by a large piece of shell on the Thelus Road early in the morning during the attack.