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Matvei Kozakevitch

In memory of:

Private Matvei Kozakevitch

September 26, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

417124

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

8th Bn.

Citation(s):

Victory Medal, British War Medal

Additional Information


Born:

July 15, 1887
Kronz, Vilna, Russian Federation

Enlistment:

July 6, 1915
Montreal, Quebec

Husband of Mariana of Meskecklo, Kron, Russia.

Commemorated on Page 114 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

XII. D. 16.

Location:

Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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