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In memory of:

Gunner David Gordon Alton

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Military service

Service number: 84101
Age: 23
Rank: Gunner
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Field Artillery
Division: 6th Bde.
Birth: May 22, 1893
Enlistment: November 18, 1914 Ontario
Death: October 31, 1916

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: VI. C. 21.
Additional information

Son of Thomas B. and Agnes Alton, of Hamilton, Ontario. Enlisted in the 16th Howitzer Bty.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 46 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France

Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.

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