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Military service
Service number:
2100030
Age:
20
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
5th Bde.
Birth:
November 5, 1897
Enlistment:
Nova Scotia
Death:
August 10, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 9.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. William Purcell, of 259, Gottingen St., Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 377 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VRELY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France
Vrely is a village 32 kilometres East of Amiens, immediately South of Rosieres-en-Santerre. The Communal Cemetery Extension adjoins the rear of the Communal Cemetery which is West of the village on the road to Caix.
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