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Military service
Service number:
307718
Age:
24
Rank:
Bombardier
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
8th Bde.
Birth:
September 16, 1893
Death:
June 24, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. J. 25.
Additional information
Son of of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Knechtel, of Southampton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Bombardier Orland Knechtel
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Cénotaphe de Southampton
Orland Knechtel was born on Sept 16th, 1893 in Maple Hill, Bruce County, Ontario. He joined the CEF on January 24th, 1916 in Guelph, listing his prior occupation as a mechanic. Knechtel's parents lived in Southampton at the time of his enlistment. Knechtel is remembered on the Southampton Cenotaph. This war memorial includes plaques with the names of men from World Wars 1 & 2. The WWI list is inscribed: "In grateful remembrance of the men of Southampton who fought and died in the Great War". Southmpton is in Bruce County, Ontario and is the oldest port on the Bruce Coast. This photograph was taken by Mr. Clive Freeman in the summer of 2002. -
Coupure de presse
From the London Free Press July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Bombardier Orland Knechtel
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Orland Knechtel
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Orland Knechtel
Digital gallery of
Bombardier Orland Knechtel
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 269 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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