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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
21747
Age:
22
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
November 6, 1894
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Enlistment:
September 23, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
September 11, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
J. Diss. 1688.
Additional information
Son of Harry Preston and Elizabeth Lucas (formerly Preston), of Tuxford, Saskatchewan.
Additional citations
Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 311 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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