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Military service
Service number:
138758
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
60th Bn.
Birth:
November 5, 1886
Death:
September 24, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. C. 5.
Additional information
Son of Fred and Emma Lush, of Clay Pits, East Oakley, Basingstoke, England.
Brother of Private Alfred William Lush, who died during service with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Frederick John Lush
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
News clipping
Toronto City Newspaper clipping showing Frederick Lush and his brother Alfred, both Killed & Died of Wounds in the same action at the Somme. -
Home of Frederick Lush
Photo shows the Toronto home as it looks today (No. 22) of Frederick Lush. This is the address he and his brother Alfred lived at before enlisting in 1915. -
Grave Marker
Picture of grave at the Contay Cemetary, France. -
Cemetery
Picture of the Contay Cemetary, France. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Photo of Frederick John Lush
LUSH Brothers, Frederick John 138758 & Alfred William 138759 Memorial Plaques and Medals
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 121 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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