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John Biggane

In memory of:

Private John Biggane

October 11, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

3031117

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Division:

2nd Bn.

Additional Information

Son of John and Ellen O'Grady Biggane, of Robert St., Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, Ireland.

Commemorated on Page 368 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

C. 24.

Location:

Tilloy (or Tilloy-les-Cambrai) is a village in the Department of the Nord, 2.5 kilometres north of Cambrai and 1 kilometre east of the Cambrai-Douai road. MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY is south-west of the village, near the west side of the Douai road.

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: Bernard to Binyon. Mircoform Sequence 9; Volume Number 31829_B016719; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 153 Page 473 of 652

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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: Bernard to Binyon. Mircoform Sequence 9; Volume Number 31829_B016719; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 153 Page 473 of 652
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  • Mill Switch Cross

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    Mill Switch Cross
  • Picture of the Cemetery

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    Picture of the Cemetery

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