Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Dirk Laurens Balkenstein
In memory of:
Private Dirk Laurens Balkenstein
April 19, 1917
Military Service
696485
36
Army
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
31st Bn.
Additional Information
December 8, 1880
Flushing, Netherlands
March 8, 1916
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Son of Gerardus and Johanna Balkenstein, of Terneuzen, Holland. Husband of Mary N. Balkenstein, of Vale, Alberta.
Commemorated on Page 195 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France
II. B. 27.
Aubigny Communal Cemetery is south of the village of Aubigny-en-Artois and the Cemetery Extension is behind it. The village of Aubigny-en-Artois is approximately 15 kilometres north-west of Arras on the road to St. Pol. After turning into the village from the N.39 on the D.75, the Cemetery lies south on a road leading from the centre of the village.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 659 of 1072.
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