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Military service
Service number:
2030205
Age:
42
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Enlistment:
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
August 11, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 15.
Additional information
(Served as Robert Blake) Son of Capt. Charles and Harriet Blick; husband of Alice Blick, of Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 699 of 734. This soldier served under the name Robert Blake.
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Private Robert Blick
BOVES EAST COMMUNAL CEMETERY (SAINT-NICOLAS) Somme, France
Boves is a village in the Department of the Somme, 9.7 kilometres from Villers-Bretonneux. At Villers-Bretonneux head west on the N29 in the direction of Longeau and Amiens. After 6.5 kilometres turn left in the direction of Boves on the D167, heading south-west. At the junction go straight on, remaining on the D167, towards Boves. At the traffic lights in Boves, go straight on, under the arches, and the cemetery is approximately 100 metres on the right.
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