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Arthur John Allan

In memory of:

Private Arthur John Allan

September 27, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

602258

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

7th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

July 18, 1891
Palmerston, Ontario

Enlistment:

January 13, 1915
Sarnia, Ontario

Son of James Alexander Allan and Florence Allan, of Sarnia, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 46 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

III. A. 6.

Location:

Cerisy is a village 11 kilometres south of Albert, 2 kilometres east of the main road from Albert to Moreuil. The CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY is on the west side of the village on the road to Gailly and Le Hamel and the French National Cemetery is on the south side of this.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Memorial – This memorial is located in Sarnia, Ontario.
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