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Military service
Service number:
721940
Age:
42
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Railway Troops
Division:
12th Bn.
Birth:
March 9, 1876
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
February 9, 1916
Manitoba
Death:
September 9, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. F. 10.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 521 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VAULX HILL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Vaulx-Vraucourt is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 6 kilometres north-east of Bapaume. Vaulx Hill Cemetery is signposted from the village. Take the RD36 direction Lagnicourt up the hill, and the Cemetery can be seen at the road side 1 kilometre from Vaulx-Vraucourt.
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