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Military service
Service number:
447063
Age:
41
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Birth:
February 28, 1879
Death:
September 28, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. C. 10.
Additional information
Nephew of Mrs. Annie Oakley, Cannock, Staffs, England.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 404 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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RAILLENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Nord, France
Raillencourt is a village in the Department of the Nord, about 5 kilometres west of Cambrai on the main road to Arras, D939. The Communal Cemetery is located on the main road about 700 metres from the entrance to the village from the Arras side.
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