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Laurie Owen Proverbs

In memory of:

Private Laurie Owen Proverbs

January 14, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

901599

Age:

18

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

85th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

January 21, 1898

Son of Clement and Josephine Eloise Proverbs, of Black Rock, St. Michael, Barbados, British West Indies.

Commemorated on Page 488 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

III. B. 10.

Location:

Ablain-St Nazaire is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, approximately 13 kilometres north of Arras. Take the D937 (Bethune Road) to the village of Buchez. Make a left turn along the D57. The SUCRERIE CEMETERY lies 1.2 kilometres on the left side of this road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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