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Military service
Service number:
669172
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
38th Bn.
Birth:
October 8, 1893
Leamside, County Durham, England
Enlistment:
January 26, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
C. 9.
Additional information
Son of Robert and Elizabeth A. Greenwell, of Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Matthew Greenwell
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Newspaper Clipping
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Givenchy-en-Gohelle Canadian Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge, walking distance from the Canadian Memorial. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Givenchy-en-Gohelle Canadian Cemetery
The Givenchy-en-Gohelle Canadian Cemetery, located on Vimy Ridge. The cemetery is in a wooded area, walking distance from the Canadian Memorial. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Matthew Greenwell
38th Ottawa Btn, killed at Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Matthew Greenwell
Digital gallery of
Private Matthew Greenwell
Digital gallery of
Private Matthew Greenwell
Digital gallery of
Private Matthew Greenwell
Digital gallery of
Private Matthew Greenwell
Digital gallery of
Private Matthew Greenwell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 247 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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