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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

George Osmond Shepherd

In memory of:

Sergeant George Osmond Shepherd

September 3, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

129650

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Division:

4th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

August 2, 1895

Son of Mrs. E. M. Shepherd, of 975, Park Rd., Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 499 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

DURY MILL BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. D. 7.

Location:

Dury is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 1 kilometre north of the straight main road from Arras to Cambrai (D939). Approximately 16 kilometres from Arras travelling towards Cambrai on the D939 is the Canadian Forces Memorial at Dury. 300 metres after the Memorial the Cemetery is signposted to the left towards Dury village. 200 metres from the D939 the cemetery is signposted to the left. It is located in open fields, and is approached along an unsurfaced track about 500 metres long.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of October 15, 1915. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y269uvic/page/n1/mode/1up?view=theater

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