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In memory of:

Private August Schoyen

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Military service

Service number: 829692
Age: 42
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division: 8th Bn.
Birth: March 17, 1875
Death: August 15, 1917

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Mem. 17.
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Schoyen, of Oslo, Norway; husband of Gerda Schoyen, of 358, Hargrave St., Winnipeg, Manitoba. 8th Canadian Cem. Lens

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 322 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Fleurbaix is a village 5 kilometres south-west of Armentieres at the junction of the road from Armentieres and the road to Bethune. Petillon is a village to the south of Fleurbaix and RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY is 3 kilometres south of Fleurbaix on the south side of the road from Petillon to La Boutillerie.

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