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Alexander Smith

In memory of:

Corporal Alexander Smith

September 2, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

645817

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

72nd Bn.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information


Born:

September 8, 1890

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Smith, of Port Hood, Inverness Co., Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 502 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. D. 6.

Location:

Wancourt is a village about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras. It is 2 kilometres south of the main road from Arras to Cambrai. The WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is a short distance south-east of the village just off the D 35 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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