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Herbert Lionel Oldfield

In memory of:

Major Herbert Lionel Oldfield

April 6, 1918

Military Service


Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

8th Bn.

Citation(s):

Mentioned in Despatches

Additional Information


Son of John Henry and Emma Louise Oldfield (nee Inman), of Elk Lake, Victoria, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 480 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VI. F. 41.

Location:

Duisans and Etrun are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 9 kilometres west of Arras. The DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY lies in Etrun but takes its name from the nearer village of Duisans. It is one kilometre north of Duisans on the D339 road off the Route nationale N39 (Arras-St Pol), in the angle of the Arras Habarcq road and a track leading to Haute-Avesnes.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of April 13, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y109uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
  • Photo of Herbert Lionel Oldfield

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