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Frank Arkless

In memory of:

Private Frank Arkless

April 9, 1917
France

Military Service


Service Number:

805473

Age:

33

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

87th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

July 10, 1883
Port Hope Township, Ontario

Enlistment:

March 3, 1916
Port Hope, Ontario

Son of Maria Arkless of Port Hope, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 192 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

2.C. 11.

Location:

The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Frank Arkless– Book of Remembrance (A record of the men of Port Hope who participated in the Great War of 1914-1918)" by James A. Elliott, Chairman 
of Committee, Port Hope, Jan 1, 1919 (Transcribed by Peter Bolton 2001)
  • Entrance
  • Cemetery
  • Grave marker

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