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Enlisted in the 22nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain, arriving in Liverpool, England, on 29 May 1915. On 15 September, he landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. He was accidentally shot on 22 March 1916 at Boeschepe, Nord, France, and on the following 16 September by shrapnel. He was on loan to the 2nd Army Troops Company of the Canadian Corps of Engineers from 18 March to 8 June 1917. He was killed in action on 4 July 1917 in the trenches during the Battle of Lens. He was first buried at Liévin, then exhumed and reburied at Loos.
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Commemorated on:
Page 224 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Loos (Loos-en-Gohelle) is a village to the north of the road from Lens to Bethune. From Lens, take the N43 towards Bethune. Arriving at Loos, turn right at CWGC sign post. The LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY is about 1 kilometre from Loos Church in the southern part of the village.
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