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Military service
Service number:
766107
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
August 25, 1896
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 23, 1915
Ontario
Death:
June 3, 1917
Wimereux, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. L. 12.
Additional information
Son of James H. and Margaret M. Abbey, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Clarence Muirhead Abbey
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 189 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Wimereux is a small town situated about 5 kilometres north of Boulogne. From Boulogne take the A16 to Calais and come off at Junction 4. Take the road to Wimereux north, D242, for approximately 2 kilometres, following the road through the roundabout. Take the first turn on the left immediately after the roundabout and the WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY lies approximately 200 metres down this road on the left hand side. The Commonwealth War Graves are situated to the rear of the communal cemetery.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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