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Allan Walter Day

In memory of:

Sergeant Allan Walter Day

October 8, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

426932

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

13th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

April 3, 1894

Son of Mrs. Deedamia Lee, of 17, Herbert St., Mile End, Portsmouth, England.

Commemorated on Page 76 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

VI. C. 18.

Location:

Miraumont is a village about 14.5 kilometres north-north-east of Albert and the Cemetery is some 3 kilometres south of the village on the east side of the road to Courcelette (D107). The ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY is signposted in the centre of Miraumont.

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: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 127 of 1036. Originally buried 1 mile West of LeSars, 4 ½ South West of Bapaume. After the Armistice his body was exhumed and reburied in ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY.

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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: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 127 of 1036. Originally buried 1 mile West of LeSars, 4 ½ South West of Bapaume. After the Armistice his body was exhumed and reburied in ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY.
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