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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.
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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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