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Military service
Service number:
54223
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
November 9, 1891
Enlistment:
London, Ontario
Death:
February 24, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. J. 4.
Digital gallery of Private Duncan Colvin
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Circumstances of Death Register: "Killed in Action" While on sentry duty in the front line trenches about 9 P.M. on February 24th, 1916, he was shot through the neck by an enemy bullet. A stretcher bearer gave him immediate attention but he died about 5 minutes after being hit. NORTH WEST OF WYTSCHAETE. Contributed by E.Edwards www.18thbattalioncef.wordpress.com -
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Duncan Colvin
Digital gallery of
Private Duncan Colvin
Digital gallery of
Private Duncan Colvin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 69 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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