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Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Cannon, of Portland, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Charles Myers Cannon
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Myers Cannon
Circumstances of Death Register: "Died of Wounds" While attached to the 4th Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery, he was severely wounded by the premature explosion of a shell from a Stokes gun. He was evacuated to the the No. 6 Casualty Clearing Station where he died the same day.
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Circumstances of Death Register: "Died of Wounds" While attached to the 4th Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery, he was severely wounded by the premature explosion of a shell from a Stokes gun. He was evacuated to the the No. 6 Casualty Clearing Station where he died the same day. Contributed by E.Edwards www.18thbattalioncef.wordpress.com
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Page 64 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.
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