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In memory of:

Lieutenant William Ross MacAskill

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Military service

Age: 28
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division: 25th Bn.
Death: June 19, 1917

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: I. G. 28.
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Son of E. G. MacAskill, of Baddeck, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; husband of Eira G. MacAskill, Hazel Hill, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia.

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 278 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY Nord, France

Hazebrouck is a town lying about 56 kilometres south-east of Calais and is easily reached from Calais or Boulogne. The HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY is on the south-western outskirts of the town.

From the Grand place in Hazebrouck follow the D.916 Bethune road. Traverse the first set of traffic lights and the HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY is 200 metres further on the right hand side of the road as indicated by a signpost. The cemetery lies immediately inside the entrance.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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