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Son of John Edward and Emily Costello (nee Wrake), of 14, Guay Avenue, St. Vital, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Brother of Private Rupert Edward Costello, who died on March 18, 1916, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment).
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Private Francis Robert Costello
Source Library & Archives Canada.
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Robert Costello
Source Library & Archives Canada.
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Robert Costello
"Francis Robert Costello, 422437, was a Private in the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). He was in the 27th battalion, and said to be in the Machine Gun Section. He died at Chatham Military Hospital on 24th April 1917 from wounds received at Vimy Ridge, and is buried at the Fort Pitt cemetery, 1454 Born on 22nd November 1896, he was the son of John Edward and Emily Costello, nee Wrake, from 14 Quay Avenue, St Vital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, formerly Meadowvale, Manitoba. They came from Dover, having been married there in 1883, and having both been born there, in 1860 and 1859 respectively. Private Costello was five feet five inches tall when he enlisted on 15th April 1915, at the age of 19 and eight months, and had been working as a clerk. " Image and information courtesy Dover War Memorial Project UK.
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Source Library & Archives Canada.
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"Francis Robert Costello, 422437, was a Private in the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). He was in the 27th battalion, and said to be in the Machine Gun Section. He died at Chatham Military Hospital on 24th April 1917 from wounds received at Vimy Ridge, and is buried at the Fort Pitt cemetery, 1454 Born on 22nd November 1896, he was the son of John Edward and Emily Costello, nee Wrake, from 14 Quay Avenue, St Vital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, formerly Meadowvale, Manitoba. They came from Dover, having been married there in 1883, and having both been born there, in 1860 and 1859 respectively. Private Costello was five feet five inches tall when he enlisted on 15th April 1915, at the age of 19 and eight months, and had been working as a clerk. " Image and information courtesy Dover War Memorial Project UK.
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Page 221 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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FORT PITT MILITARY CEMETERY Kent, United Kingdom
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