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Military service
Service number:
70009
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
March 4, 1890
Digby, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
November 5, 1914
Saint John, New Brunswick
Death:
September 28, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 28.
Additional information
Son of John L. and Mary Van Tassel of Digby, Nova Scotia.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star
Digital gallery of Private Walter Van Tassel
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Digby War Memorial
Vintage image of the War Memorial in Digby, Nova Scotia. The memorial was erected in 1921 and honours the names of 17 First World War casualties. -
Grave marker
Grave marker - Adanac Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Entrance - Adanac Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Adanac Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Van Tassel
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Van Tassel
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Van Tassel
Digital gallery of
Private Walter Van Tassel
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 176 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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