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Military service
Service number:
696397
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
March 14, 1895
Death:
August 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 5.
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Son of William and Margaret Green, of Oyen, Alberta. Born in Eganville, Ontario, March 14, 1895. Died at Vimy Ridge.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 419 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ORANGE HILL CEMETERY- FRANCE Pas de Calais, France
Orange Hill Cemetery lies due north of Tilloy les Mofflaines, a village in the Pas-de-Calais Department of France, and 3 kilometres south-east of Arras along the D939 road. From Tilloy les Mofflaines, take the D939 towards Cambrai until you come to a roundabout with a junction for the D37 towards Feuchy. Follow this road for 2 kilometres, then take a track to the east towards the cemetery.
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