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Frank Eric Freeman

In memory of:

Private Frank Eric Freeman

August 8, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

130262

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

16th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

June 6, 1898
Kempt, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

January 4, 1916
Kamloops, British Columbia

Son of Binney Smith and Edith L. Freeman, of Victoria, British Columbia. Brother of 2nd Lieutenant Harold Augustus Freeman, Royal Flying Corps, killed in action 9 September 1918.

Commemorated on Page 411 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

DEMUIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

B. 4.

Location:

Demuin is a village 5 kilometres from Villers Bretonneux. From Villers-Bretonneux take the D23 in the direction of Demuin and Moreuil, heading south. Drive on until the exit of Villers, and then carry straight on to Demuin. The cemetery is on the right hand side just before entering Demuin.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2008.

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