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Military service
Service number:
736263
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
October 6, 1896
Little Current, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 3, 1916
Alberta
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel I. Col. I.
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Private Jacob Baxter
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 198 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LICHFIELD CRATER THELUS Pas de Calais, France
Lichfield Crater is a small cemetery situated by the hedge of the motorway A26 (Paris-Calais) behind the village of Neuville St Vaast. On entering Neuville St Vaast follow the directions for the Vimy Canadian Memorial and take the third road on the right toward the wood, go over the motorway and take the first right towards the fields. The cemetery lies in a field approximately 450 metres from the crossroads.
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