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Military service
Service number:
925770
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
5th Bn.
Birth:
March 12, 1896
Death:
April 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. J. 55.
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Son of Christopher and Elizabeth Shannon, of 1223, 11th Avenue East, Vancouver. Native of Sunbury, Ontario.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 324 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Aubigny Communal Cemetery is south of the village of Aubigny-en-Artois and the Cemetery Extension is behind it. The village of Aubigny-en-Artois is approximately 15 kilometres north-west of Arras on the road to St. Pol. After turning into the village from the N.39 on the D.75, the Cemetery lies south on a road leading from the centre of the village.
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