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Military service
Service number:
687536
Age:
39
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
"D" Coy. 72nd Bn.
Birth:
August 28, 1877
Enlistment:
December 20, 1915
Kelowna, British Columbia
Death:
May 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. E. 12.
Additional information
Son of Lewis and Elizabeth S. Packer, of Belleville, Barbados, Antilles. Lived in O'Kanagan Mission, British Columbia, and was game warden at the time of enlistment. Born at Barbados, B.W.I.
Digital gallery of Private George Henry Packer
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at La Chaudiere Military Cemetery located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery - La Chaudiere Military Cemetery is located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May they rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
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Private George Henry Packer
Digital gallery of
Private George Henry Packer
Digital gallery of
Private George Henry Packer
Digital gallery of
Private George Henry Packer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 304 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY is approximately 3 kilometres south of Lens and is situated on the north-western outskirts of Vimy.
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