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Son of Walter and Grace M. Davidson, of Newdale, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private Frank Robert Davidson
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Private Frank Robert Davidson
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLDWAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 629 of 1140. His initial grave was located between Pozieres and Courcelette, 4 ½ miles North East of Albert. After the Armistice the bodies of almost 1900 soldiers, mostly those of men who, like Private Davidson, died around Courcelette and Pozieres in 1916, were exhumed and re-interred in COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY.
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In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLDWAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 629 of 1140. His initial grave was located between Pozieres and Courcelette, 4 ½ miles North East of Albert. After the Armistice the bodies of almost 1900 soldiers, mostly those of men who, like Private Davidson, died around Courcelette and Pozieres in 1916, were exhumed and re-interred in COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY.
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Taken 11/09/21
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From the Toronto Telegram December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 75 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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