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Military service
Service number:
432410
Age:
35
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
49th Bn.
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Spec Mem B.9
Additional information
Born in Glasgow, Scotland on 26 December 1882. Brother of Mrs. Margaret Lindsay of Glasgow, Scotland. Enlisted in Edmonton, Alberta on 6 January 1915. He was single and listed his civilian occupation as butcher.
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Commemorated on:
Page 330 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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