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Walter George Head

In memory of:

Sapper Walter George Head

August 22, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

505163

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Engineers

Division:

5th Field Coy.

Additional Information


Born:

October 10, 1897

Commemorated on Page 253 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. D. 28.

Location:

Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of September 1, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y228uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Daily Colonist of September 2, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y229uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

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