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Son of Murdock Balderston and Maggie J. McRae of Southport, Prince Edward Island.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Chester Thomas Balderston
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From the book "Letters From The Front 1914-1919" published by The Canadian Bank of Commerce.
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In memory of the employees from the Canadian Bank Of Commerce (CIBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the Daily Colonist of August 21, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y218uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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Taken from Letters from the Front - Being a Record of the Part Played by Officers of the Bank in the Great War - Volume 2 - Page 21. This book is available on the web at https://archive.org/details/lettersfromfront02cana
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 575 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Nord, France
Bailleul is a large town in France, near the Belgian border, 14.5 kilometres south-west of Ieper and on the main road from St. Omer to Lille. The Communal Cemetery is on the eastern outskirts of the town.
From the Grand Place, take the Ieper road and 400 metres along this road is a sign indicating the direction of the cemetery. Turn down the right into a small road and follow for approximately 400 metres. The cemetery is on the right and the BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is at the bottom end.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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