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In memory of:

Sergeant William Carl Ploethner

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Military service

Service number: 781703
Age: 27
Rank: Sergeant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division: 50th Bn.
Birth: January 18, 1891 Preston, Ontario
Death: June 20, 1918 Eamont Bridge, England

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Nephew of Mrs. and Mrs. John Sohrt of Preston, Ontario who raised him. Husband of Mary Josephine Ploethner(formerly Howard) and father of Josephine Helen, of Aneroid, Saskatchewan.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 486 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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PENRITH CEMETERY Westmoreland, United Kingdom

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