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Military service
Service number:
3204545
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Birth:
June 13, 1897
Long River, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
May 3, 1918
Prince Edward Island
Death:
April 30, 1920
North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island
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Son of John and Mary Cann of Long River, Prince Edward Island.
Brother of Private Russell Michael Cann, who died on October 27, 1942, while serving with the Veterans Guard of Canada.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 547 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SPRINGBROOK (GEDDIE MEMORIAL) CEMETERY Prince Edward Island, Canada
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