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Joseph Wilson Cole

In memory of:

Private Joseph Wilson Cole

July 20, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

123509

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

18th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

April 16, 1894

Son of Mr. M. G. and Mrs. E. Cole, of Forest, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 218 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

II. D. 5.

Location:

Sains-en-Gohelle is a mining village 20 kilometres north of Arras on the road to Bethune. Fosse No.10 is a pithead and group of miners' houses south of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Circumstances of Death Card: "Killed in Action" While in a funk hole, he was killed by shrapnel from a shell which burst nearby.

Contributed by E.Edwards www.18thbattalioncef.wordpress.com
  • Memorial– Named on the Forest Ontario Cenotaph.

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