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Military service
Service number:
466498
Age:
39
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
July 20, 1877
Enlistment:
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
September 24, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Ann Blakey; husband of Phoebe Alice Blakey, of 2330, Royal Oak Avenue, New Westminster, British Columbia.
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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 727 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 Charlie Blakey
Digital gallery of
Private Charlie Blakey
Digital gallery of
Private Charlie Blakey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 55 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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