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Military service
Service number:
444952
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
May 15, 1887
Newcastle, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
June 15, 1915
Sussex, New Brunswick
Death:
April 9, 1917
Vimy Ridge, France
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Additional information
Spouse of Mary Jane Alexander of Newcastle, New Brunswick. They had one son, Peter Alexander.
Charles was pre-deceased by his mother. Stepson of James Paul of St. John, New Brunswick.
Digitized Service File.
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Charles Alexander
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 190 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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