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Military service
Service number:
235146
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
52nd Bn.
Birth:
April 4, 1890
Cornwall, England
Enlistment:
May 23, 1916
Manitoba
Death:
May 24, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 6.
Additional information
Son of John and Isabella Ainsworth, of St. James, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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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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PETIT-VIMY BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Vimy is a village some 10 kilometres north of Arras and the PETIT-VIMY BRITISH CEMETERY is west of the village and a little west of the main road from Lens to Arras (N25).
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