Canadian Virtual War Memorial
August Martens
In memory of:
Private August Martens
May 16, 1916
Military Service
148709
40
Army
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
78th Bn.
Additional Information
October 12, 1875
Commemorated on Page 132 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY
Manitoba, Canada
Mil. 36.
The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Circumstances of Death Registers – Private August Martens Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) 78th Bn - Died in M.D.#10 St Boniface Hospital of pneumonia. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=36&q3=2895&sqn=122&tt=1383&PHPSESSID=b14f8nnpt3uti9d6qgd9jtl7q3
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