[The Sumara Family in Canada: 100 Years, 1904-2004]


[Albin Sumara]

Albin Joseph Sumara

  • Born 1897, Died 28 August, 1918
  • Father: Vencel Sumara
  • Mother: Anna (Pastor) Sumara
  • Brothers: Vencel Jr. and Frank
  • Sisters: Mary, Helena and Anna

  • Enlisted 28 June 1915
  • Killed in Action, World War I, France [Burial Report]

    Private A.J. Sumara - 111480, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Central Ontario Regiment)

    Buried in the Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, Pas de Calais, France.
    [Grave Reference: Plot VI. Row J. Grave 21]

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    Albin's sacrifice was marked in the town of Oxford with the erection of a memorial statue on 5 July 1923 at the corner of Main and Prince William Streets. The monument includes the names of thirty men from the area who failed to return home.