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Private John Davis

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Military service

Service number: 81212
Age: 25
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Birth: June 19, 1891
Enlistment: Manitoba
Death: September 3, 1916

Burial/memorial information

2ND CANADIAN CEMETERY
Grave reference: C. 10.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Catherine Davis, of Sauchie, Alloa, Scotland.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 75 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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2ND CANADIAN CEMETERY Somme, France

The 2nd Canadian Cemetery lies in the fields on Accommodation road 400 metres east of the main Contalmaison to Pozieres road. Contalmaison is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The sunken road from which this cemetery is named is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road. The cemetery lies in the fields on Accommodation road 400 metres east of the main Contalmaison to Pozieres road. The cemetery was made in July-October, 1916, during the middle fighting in the Somme offensive. There are now over 40, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. The Cemetery covers an area of 383 square metres and is enclosed by a low red brick wall.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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