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Military service
Service number:
2023249
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Birth:
June 19, 1886
Enlistment:
British Columbia
Death:
October 26, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
South-East. L. 19.
Additional information
Son of Augustine and Marie Beneck Balestra, of Grone Valais, Switzerland.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 363 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CALGARY (ST. MARY'S) CEMETERY Alberta, Canada
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