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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Edwin Fortner

In memory of:

Private Edwin Fortner

September 29, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

237015

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Division:

116th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

June 23, 1897

Commemorated on Page 409 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BOURLON WOOD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. E. 17.

Location:

Bourlon is a village approximately 6 kilometres west of Cambrai. It lies between the main Cambrai to Bapaume road (N30) and the Cambrai to Arras road (D939). The BOURLON WOOD CEMETERY is signposted from the centre of the village as is the Canadian Forces Memorial. On approaching the Memorial the road should be followed to the left where an unsurfaced track descends about 200 metres to the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Private Edwin Fortner

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Private Edwin Fortner
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Toronto Battalion Memorial Plaque– Edwin Fortner is remembered on this Memorial Plaque for the Third Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment. His service number reflects the series assigned to the Third Battalion, his battalion at the time of his attestation.

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    Toronto Battalion Memorial Plaque
    Toronto Battalion Memorial Plaque – Edwin Fortner is remembered on this Memorial Plaque for the Third Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment. His service number reflects the series assigned to the Third Battalion, his battalion at the time of his attestation.

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