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In memory of:

Major Augustus Waterous Agnew

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Military service

Age: 32
Rank: Major
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Pioneers
Division: 3rd Battalion
Birth: June 6, 1884 Montreal
Enlistment: August 18, 1915 British Columbia
Death: September 17, 1916 Courcelette, France

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: II. A. 4.
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Son of William and Emma Johnson Waterous Agnew, of Victoria, British Columbia. Husband of Mary Gober. Brother of Martha Clara Kathleen Agnew, of Victoria, British Columbia.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 45 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France

Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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