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Son of John and Annie Darragh, of Arlington Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Gunner Francis William Darragh
Digital gallery of
Gunner Francis William Darragh
From "Our Heroes in The Great World War", compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, Ontario, 1919.
Digital gallery of
Gunner Francis William Darragh
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD
WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 469 of 1140. Originally buried South of Dury, 9 ¾ miles South of Douai. After the Armistice, during the Concentration of Graves process, his body was exhumed and re-interred in DURY CRUCIFIX CEMETERY.
Digital gallery of
Gunner Francis William Darragh
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Ne
Digital gallery of
Gunner Francis William Darragh
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Ne
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From "Our Heroes in The Great World War", compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, Ontario, 1919.
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 469 of 1140. Originally buried South of Dury, 9 ¾ miles South of Douai. After the Armistice, during the Concentration of Graves process, his body was exhumed and re-interred in DURY CRUCIFIX CEMETERY.
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From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Ne
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From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Ne
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 394 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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DURY CRUCIFIX CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Dury is a village about 17 kilometres east-south-east of Arras. Travelling from Arras Centre, take the N39 Arras-Cambrai road for approximately 16.5 kilometres, where you turn left along D956. On this road take the first right fork of the Y Junction at 900 metres. Take the first right at 650 metres. The DURY CRUCIFIX CEMETERY lies on the left side of this road 100 metres from the junction.
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