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Military service
Service number:
67618
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
25th Bn.
Birth:
October 1, 1889
Enlistment:
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Death:
April 29, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Otto Blehr
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Blampie to Booth; Mircoform Sequence 11; Volume Number 131829_B016720; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 155 Page 127 of 762. -
Medals
Pte. O. Blehr's British War Medal & Memorial Cross GR V -
Medals
Pte. O. Blehr's British War Medal & Memorial Cross GR V -
ATTESTATION PAPER
Attestation paper-FRONT-for Private Otto BLEHR, born in Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia; son of Albert and Christina ('Tena') (MacDonald) BLEHR of Sydney, Nova Scotia. He enlisted in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 17 Nov 1914. -
ATTESTATION PAPER
Attestation Paper-BACK-of Private Otto BLEHR. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Otto Blehr
Digital gallery of
Private Otto Blehr
Digital gallery of
Private Otto Blehr
Digital gallery of
Private Otto Blehr
Digital gallery of
Private Otto Blehr
Digital gallery of
Private Otto Blehr
Digital gallery of
Private Otto Blehr
Digital gallery of
Private Otto Blehr
Digital gallery of
Private Otto Blehr
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 203 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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