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Husband of Mary Elizabeth Townsend of Calgary, Alberta. Son of L/Cpl D.M. Townsend, also of the 5th Battalion and Annie Myrtle Townsend of Calgary, Alberta. Brother of Albert Allin and Alice Myrtle. Enrolled on 28 July 1915 in Calgary, Alberta.
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Commemorated on:
Page 560 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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EDMONTON CEMETERY Alberta, Canada
The cemetery was formerly known as "Edmonton Protestant Cemetery" and contains graves of both world wars. There is also a Cross of Sacrifice, erected after the 1914-1918 War. There are now 80, 1914-1918 and over 50, 1939-1945 War casualties commemorated in this site.
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