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Robert Austin Closs

In memory of:

Private Robert Austin Closs

September 29, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

3031581

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)

Division:

No. 1 Coy.

Additional Information

Son of Charles and Purlinia Closs, of Caldwell's Mills, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 386 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

RAILLENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

I. B. I.

Location:

Raillencourt is a village in the Department of the Nord, about 5 kilometres west of Cambrai on the main road to Arras, D939. The Communal Cemetery is located on the main road about 700 metres from the entrance to the village from the Arras side.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 265 of 1384.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 265 of 1384.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Lanark Era c. 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Lanark Era c. 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping

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