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Military service
Service number:
151543
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
43rd Bn.
Birth:
May 21, 1897
Enlistment:
Brandon, Manitoba
Death:
September 21, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Robert and Matilda Blakely.
Digital gallery of Private Albert Edward Blakely
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 711 of 734. -
Memorial
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 Albert Edward Blakely
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Edward Blakely
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 55 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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