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Military service
Service number:
663213
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Birth:
March 30, 1894
Death:
October 27, 1920
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Son of Mrs. R. C. Silk, of Shelburne, Ont., and the late Richard Carr Silk.
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Private Melville Silk
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 553 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SHELBURNE CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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