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Ralph Viking Rhodes

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Ralph Viking Rhodes

March 18, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

829753

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

44th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

November 22, 1890

Son of Severin Andreas Elias Rhode (Capt. Norwegian Mercantile Navy) and Laura Caspara Rhode, of 111, 12th Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.A.

Commemorated on Page 315 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. G. 23.

Location:

Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Ralph Viking Rhodes– Lance Corporal Rolf Viking Rhode (correct birth name) was born November 22, 1892 in Saint Paul, Minnesota and died March 18, 1917 of wounds in Pas de Calais, France. He enlisted in the Canadian Army in December 1913 under the name "Ralph Viking Rhodes."

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