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Francis Healey

In memory of:

Private Francis Healey

August 28, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

928646

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

18th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

April 9, 1874

Commemorated on Page 426 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. B. 7.

Location:

Wancourt is a village about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras. It is 2 kilometres south of the main road from Arras to Cambrai. The WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is a short distance south-east of the village just off the D 35 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of FRANCIS HEALEY– Private Francis Healey, reg. no. 928646 originally of the 153rd Battalion.

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    Photo of FRANCIS HEALEY
    Photo of FRANCIS HEALEY – Private Francis Healey, reg. no. 928646 originally of the 153rd Battalion.
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– "Killed in Action." He was killed instantly by enemy shellfire on the afternoon of August 28, 1918, during operations in front of Vis-en-Artois.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – "Killed in Action." He was killed instantly by enemy shellfire on the afternoon of August 28, 1918, during operations in front of Vis-en-Artois.

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