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Leonard Auty

In memory of:

Private Leonard Auty

June 11, 1919
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Military Service


Service Number:

718549

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)

Division:

107th Bn.

Citation(s):

British War Medal and Victory Medal, War Service Badge, Class A.

Additional Information


Born:

June 9, 1891
Manchester, England

Enlistment:

February 15, 1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba

(Served as Frederick Williams) Son of Lewis Auty, of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England, and the Mary Helliwell Findlow (formerly Auty). Brother of Mrs. Edith Whitaker. Discharged on 8 May 1919 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY
Manitoba, Canada

Grave Reference:

Mil. 219.

Location:

The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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