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Wilfred Joseph Pickering

In memory of:

Private Wilfred Joseph Pickering

July 24, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

830279

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

8th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

June 23, 1897

Son of Mr. J. Pickering, of 241, Roseberry St., St. James, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 485 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VI. G. 47.

Location:

Duisans and Etrun are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 9 kilometres west of Arras. The DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY lies in Etrun but takes its name from the nearer village of Duisans. It is one kilometre north of Duisans on the D339 road off the Route nationale N39 (Arras-St Pol), in the angle of the Arras Habarcq road and a track leading to Haute-Avesnes.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Manitoba Free Press, August 9, 1918

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