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Private Robert Blick

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Military service

Service number: 2030205
Age: 42
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division: 72nd Bn.
Enlistment: Victoria, British Columbia
Death: August 11, 1918

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: A. 15.
Additional information

(Served as Robert Blake) Son of Capt. Charles and Harriet Blick; husband of Alice Blick, of Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A.

BOVES EAST COMMUNAL CEMETERY (SAINT-NICOLAS) Somme, France

Boves is a village in the Department of the Somme, 9.7 kilometres from Villers-Bretonneux. At Villers-Bretonneux head west on the N29 in the direction of Longeau and Amiens. After 6.5 kilometres turn left in the direction of Boves on the D167, heading south-west. At the junction go straight on, remaining on the D167, towards Boves. At the traffic lights in Boves, go straight on, under the arches, and the cemetery is approximately 100 metres on the right.

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