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Military service
Service number:
709
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Division:
1ST Bn.
Death:
July 1, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 39.
Additional information
Son of Jacob W. and Jane D. Chafe, of St. John'S, Newfoundland.
Digital gallery of Private Ernest Leslie Chafe
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Photo of Ernest Chafe
PTE E.L. Chafe. C Coy 1st Bn Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Son of Jacob W. and Jane D. Chafe, of 140, Casey St., St. John's, Newfoundland. Photo submitted by his Great-Nephew WO I.B. Cowan, RCEME. Canadian Army -
Letter
A letter home before the Battle of Beaumont Hamel. -
Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Memorial
In memory of the men and women from Newfoundland who went away to war and did not come home. From the Rooms Archives and Museum St Johns Newfoundland. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ERNEST LESLIE CHAFE
In memory of the men and women from Newfoundland who went away to war and did not come home. From the Rooms Archives and Museum St Johns Newfoundland. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the men and women from Newfoundland who went away to war and did not come home. From the Rooms Archives and Museum St Johns Newfoundland. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ERNEST LESLIE CHAFE
In memory of the men and women from Newfoundland who went away to war and did not come home. From the Rooms Archives and Museum St Johns Newfoundland. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Leslie Chafe
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Leslie Chafe
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Leslie Chafe
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Leslie Chafe
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Leslie Chafe
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Leslie Chafe
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Leslie Chafe
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Leslie Chafe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 24 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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Y RAVINE CEMETERY Somme, France
Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux then Serre Les Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre Les Puisieux, 3 kilometres further along the D919, turn left following the signs for Auchonvillers. At the crossroads in the village centre following the signs for Newfoundland Park, Beaumont Hamel. The Y Ravine Cemetery is located within the Park.
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