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Ernest Otto Rietchel

In memory of:

Captain Ernest Otto Rietchel

August 16, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

77169

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

16th Battalion

Honours and Awards:

Military Cross

Additional Information


Born:

September 20, 1885

Husband of Marian Rietchel, of 4587, 7th Avenue West, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 491 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:

II. O. 16.

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.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of April 17, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y110uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of April 27, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y119uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Photo of Ernest Otto Rietchel

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