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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
877589
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
25th Bn.
Death:
November 7, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 8.
Additional information
Son of Mark and Bridget Penny, of North Farm, Holywood, Newfoundland.
Digital gallery of Private Matthew Penney
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Medals
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Photo of MATTHEW PENNEY
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Medals
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Group Photo
Photo postcard taken by C H Whitney (possibly photographer in Sydney, NS, Canada (Circa 1916) Enlisted date for M Penney was March 16, 1916 Matthew M Penney (right) unknown soldier (left) -
Grave marker
Photo taken by Alain Rosman on August 16, 2020 at the Elouges cemetery in Belgium.
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Private Matthew Penney
Digital gallery of
Private Matthew Penney
Digital gallery of
Private Matthew Penney
Digital gallery of
Private Matthew Penney
Digital gallery of
Private Matthew Penney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 484 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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