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Military service
Service number:
447375
Age:
33
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
January 15, 1888
Winchester
Enlistment:
July 28, 1915
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
October 4, 1921
Edmonton, Alberta
Burial/memorial information
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Husband of Mary Elizabeth Townsend of Calgary, Alberta. Son of L/Cpl D.M. Townsend, also of the 5th Battalion and Annie Myrtle Townsend of Calgary, Alberta. Brother of Albert Allin and Alice Myrtle. Enrolled on 28 July 1915 in Calgary, Alberta.
Additional citations
British War Medal and Victory Medal.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 560 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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EDMONTON CEMETERY Alberta, Canada
The cemetery was formerly known as "Edmonton Protestant Cemetery" and contains graves of both world wars. There is also a Cross of Sacrifice, erected after the 1914-1918 War. There are now 80, 1914-1918 and over 50, 1939-1945 War casualties commemorated in this site.
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