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Oliver Colliard

In memory of:

Private Oliver Colliard

August 19, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

431128

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

29th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

April 7, 1896
Notre Dame de Lourdes, Manitoba

Son of Alfred Colliard, of Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 218 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

FOSSE No. 10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. D. 36.

Location:

Sains-en-Gohelle is a mining village 20 kilometres north of Arras on the road to Bethune. Fosse No.10 is a pithead and group of miners' houses south of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of August 29,1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y225uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of August 29,1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y225uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Newspaper Clipping– Newspaper clipping from the Daily Colonist of October 9, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y260uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

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    Newspaper Clipping – Newspaper clipping from the Daily Colonist of October 9, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y260uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 857 of 1384.

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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: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 857 of 1384.

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