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At the front, Melvin first served for over six months with the 22nd Battalion and, at his request, as he wanted to become a medical student, he was transferred to the No.5 Canadian Field Ambulance. He was severely wounded one month later during the Somme Offensive and he died of his wounds at No.9 Canadian Field Ambulance, then located in Albert.
Digital gallery of Private Lewis Melvin Finch
Digital gallery of
Private Lewis Melvin Finch
Digital gallery of
Private Lewis Melvin Finch
Digital gallery of
Private Lewis Melvin Finch
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 85 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France
Albert is a town on the River Ancre in the Department of the Somme, 28 kilometres north-east of Amiens. The ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is on the south-east side of Albert and the junction of the roads to Fricourt and Meaulte, and the Extension is entirely enclosed by it.
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