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Leo Alphonsus Smith

In memory of:

Corporal Leo Alphonsus Smith

September 2, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

688299

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

54th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

January 11, 1892
Kamloops, British Columbia

Enlistment:

October 10, 1916
Vernon, British Columbia

Son of John F. and Mary A. Smith, of Kamloops, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 503 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:

II. D. 19.

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.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Kamloops Times. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Kamloops Times. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Kamloops Times. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Kamloops Times. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of October 18, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y272uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of October 18, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y272uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
  • War Memorial– Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.

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    War Memorial
    War Memorial – Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.

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