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Military service
Service number:
147721
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
5th Bn.
Birth:
April 15, 1891
Balmoral, Manitoba
Enlistment:
July 9, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
March 18, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. C. 30.
Additional information
Son of John Edward and Emily Costello (nee Wrake), of 14, Guay Avenue, St. Vital, Manitoba. Brother of Private Francis Robert Costello, who died on April 24, 1917, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Rupert Edward Costello
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Entrance to Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Manitoba Free Press newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Rupert Edward Costello
Digital gallery of
Private Rupert Edward Costello
Digital gallery of
Private Rupert Edward Costello
Digital gallery of
Private Rupert Edward Costello
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 71 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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