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Bazil Leo Praught

In memory of:

Private Bazil Leo Praught

June 14, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

712719

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)

Division:

25th Bn. attached to the 6th Trench Mortar Battery.

Additional Information


Born:

June 4, 1898
Richmond, Prince Edward Island

Enlistment:

April 27, 1916
Summerside, Prince Edward Island

Son of Edward and Angelina (née MacKinnon) Praught of Richmond, Prince Edward Island.

Commemorated on Page 487 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. C. 4.

Location:

Wailly is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 6 kilometres south-west from Arras in the valley of the little river Crinchon. WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY stands above the village on its outskirts in part of the old orchard.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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