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In memory of:

Corporal Joseph Rea

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Military service

Service number: 439499
Age: 28
Rank: Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division: 52nd Bn.
Birth: November 24, 1889
Death: August 31, 1918

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: IV. D. 19.
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Son of William and Jane Rea, of Forfar, Scotland.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 489 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France

The town of Abbeville is on the main road from Paris to Boulogne, about 80 kilometres south of Boulogne. On reaching Abbeville from Boulogne on the N1 at the roundabout, take the right turn immediately before Boulogne Road direction.

A CWGC direction sign is on site. Enter the ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY by the left hand side main gate and follow CWGC signs within the Cemetery.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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