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Military service
Service number:
199169
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
28th Bn.
Birth:
May 30, 1896
Death:
December 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 24.
Additional information
Son of Angus and Esther Gillespie, of Slate River Valley, Ontario.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 91 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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HERSIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Hersin is a village about 5 kilometres south of Bethune and about 2 kilometres west of the main road from Bethune to Arras. The HERSIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and Extension lies to the north-east of the village.
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