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Military service
Service number:
888337
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
March 27, 1892
Dalarnas län, Sweden
Enlistment:
April 10, 1916
Tisdale, Saskatchewan
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Anders and Anna Ostlund, of Klicten Elfdalen, Sweden.
Digital gallery of Private Arvid Ostlund
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Photo of Arvid Ostlund
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Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn CEF submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH Pte Ostlund originally enlisted with the 188th Bn before transfer to the 15th Bn . -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn CEF submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH Pte Ostlund originally enlisted with the 188th Bn before transfer to the 15th Bn . -
Badge
Cap badge 188th Bn (Saskatchewan). Private Ostlund was a member of the 188th Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DFILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DFILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 96th Bn. Private Ostlund originally joined the 188th Bn (Saskatchewan). He was then sent to the 96th Bn (Canadian Highlanders from Saskatoon)and eventually sent to the 15th Bn (48th Highlanders) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. -
Hill 70 Memorial
"The Hill 70 memorial, erected by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project and the town of Benifontaine, was unveiled and dedicated on 22 September 2012. The memorial commemorates the actions of the 15th Battalion CEF, which was on the extreme left flank of the Canadian assault on Hill 70, on 15 August 1917 and the memory of those members of the Battalion who fell during the engagement. The memorial sits on what was then known as Bois Hugo, which the Battalion assaulted, captured and held against repeated German counterattacks." Photo submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Arvid Ostlund
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Commemorated on:
Page 304 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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