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Joseph Richardson

In memory of:

Private Joseph Richardson

September 20, 1918
Duisans, France

Military Service


Service Number:

902265

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)

Division:

85th Bn.

Citation(s):

British War Medal, Victory Medal

Additional Information


Born:

April 19, 1899
Eureka, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

March 25, 1916
Westville, Nova Scotia

Son of Matthew and Jane (nee Maxwell) Richardson of Westville, Pictou County, Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 491 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VII. A. 98.

Location:

Duisans and Etrun are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 9 kilometres west of Arras. The DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY lies in Etrun but takes its name from the nearer village of Duisans. It is one kilometre north of Duisans on the D339 road off the Route nationale N39 (Arras-St Pol), in the angle of the Arras Habarcq road and a track leading to Haute-Avesnes.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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