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Samuel McIlwain

In memory of:

Private Samuel McIlwain

November 17, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

439303

Age:

36

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

52nd Bn.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information


Born:

October 6, 1881

Son of Samuel and Margaret Fraser McIlwain, of Glasgow; husband of Janet McIlwain, of 811, Hamilton St., Vancouver.

Commemorated on Page 283 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

XXX. L. 17.

Location:

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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