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Military service
Service number:
69023
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
January 10, 1893
Saint John, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
November 30, 1914
Saint John, New Brunswick
Death:
September 16, 1916
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Julia Affleck, New York City, New York, United States of America. Brother of Thomas Affleck.
Digitized Service File.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. 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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Alex Murray Affleck
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Private Alex Murray Affleck
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 45 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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