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Carl Arthur Best

In memory of:

Private Carl Arthur Best

June 3, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

2137675

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

29th Bn.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information


Born:

December 23, 1894
Melemdor, Cornwall, England

Enlistment:

December 7, 1915
Victoria, British Columbia

Son of Harry Best of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 368 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

F. 12.

Location:

The town of Frevent is 9.5 kilometres south of St Pol and 16 kilometres south-east of Hesdin. ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY and EXTENSION is on the eastern side of the town on the south side of the secondary road to Sericourt.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada.  CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bernard to Binyon. Mircoform Sequence 9; Volume Number 31829_B016719; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 153 Page 217 of 652

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