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Son of Isaac and Margaret Jane Lean, of Apsley, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Wilbert Austin Lean
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Private Wilbert Austin Lean
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Private Wilbert Austin Lean
Postcard sent to his mother dated only as 1916.
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Private Wilbert Austin Lean
Wilbert (far left sitting) with recruits who enlisted with him and may have also come from Apsley, Ontario.
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Private Wilbert Austin Lean
Christmas postcard message sent to Wilbert's mother in either 1916 or 1917. The front of the postcard was an embroidered horseshoe with flowers.
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Postcard sent to his mother dated only as 1916.
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Wilbert (far left sitting) with recruits who enlisted with him and may have also come from Apsley, Ontario.
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Christmas postcard message sent to Wilbert's mother in either 1916 or 1917. The front of the postcard was an embroidered horseshoe with flowers.
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Page 447 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Ligny-St.Flochel is a village about 6.5 kilometres east of St.Pol on the main road to Arras. The distance from Ligny-St. Flochel to Arras is approximately 24 kilometres. The Ligny-St.Flochel British Cemetery is situated to the south of the village on the east side of the road to the village of Averdoingt.
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