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Samuel Commandant

In memory of:

Private Samuel Commandant

August 30, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

739786

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

December 30, 1886

Son of Napoleon and Dinah Commandant, of Sahanatien, Muskoka, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 387 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

UPTON WOOD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

B. 13.

Location:

Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and about 4 kilometres south of the Arras to Cambrai main road. Upton Wood is a small wood half-way between Hendecourt and Haucourt and UPTON WOOD CEMETERY is 110 metres south of the wood and about 2 kilometres north of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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    Photo of Samuel Commandant
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 1175 of 1384.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 1175 of 1384.
  • Monument– A granite stele at lot 12, Concession 6, Muskoka Road 38, Wahta Mohawk Reserve, ON was erected by elders of the Wahta Mohawk Reserve. This memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [front/devant] WORLD WAR I SAMUEL COMMANDANT WORLD WAR II JOHN LAFORCE HERMAN STOCK IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE [back/arrière] TO HONOUR THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM GIBSON WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR II THE KOREAN WAR 6 http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=3035 Photo Credit: Derek Pullen

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    Monument
    Monument – A granite stele at lot 12, Concession 6, Muskoka Road 38, Wahta Mohawk Reserve, ON was erected by elders of the Wahta Mohawk Reserve. This memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [front/devant] WORLD WAR I SAMUEL COMMANDANT WORLD WAR II JOHN LAFORCE HERMAN STOCK IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE [back/arrière] TO HONOUR THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM GIBSON WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR II THE KOREAN WAR 6 http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=3035 Photo Credit: Derek Pullen

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