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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
687967
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
47th Bn.
Birth:
July 29, 1894
QuAppele, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
March 13, 1916
Death:
September 2, 1918
France
Burial/memorial information
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Son of George and Josephine Adelaide Needham, of West Vancouver, British Columbia.
Brother of Private Howard George Needham, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Charles Osborne Needham
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Osborne Needham
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Osborne Needham
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Osborne Needham
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 477 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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