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In memory of:

Private Willard John Elgin Steele

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Military service

Service number: 888234
Age: 24
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division: 28th Bn.
Birth: January 30, 1894 Arden, Ontario
Enlistment: March 6, 1916 Saskatchewan
Death: August 27, 1918

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: V. J. 2.
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Son of Berget and Sarah Steele, of St. Vital, Manitoba. Brother of Jennie Amelia, Georgina Grace, Carrie Alta, Marion Brownlee, and Dorothy Laura Gertrude Steele.

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 506 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Wancourt is a village about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras. It is 2 kilometres south of the main road from Arras to Cambrai. The WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is a short distance south-east of the village just off the D 35 road.

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