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Samuel Applin

In memory of:

Private Samuel Applin

July 3, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

133124

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

42nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

September 27, 1897

Commemorated on Page 192 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. D. 8.

Location:

Neuville-St Vaast is a village 6.5 kilometres north of Arras, a little east of the road from Bethune to Arras. LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south-west of the village on the north-west side of the road to the village of Maroeuil.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc
  • Newspaper clipping– Newspaper clipping from BAnQ (national archives on web) 
Le Soleil, 25 juillet 1917
Here is the link of the page: https://diffusion.banq.qc.ca/pdfjs-1.6.210-dist_banq/web/pdf.php/OYAXPC6Nnakn9nr7SlpErA.pdf#page=8
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Samuel Applin
  • Attestation paper– Attestation Paper 
Source Library and Archives Canada Soldiers of the First World War.
  • Attestation paper– Attestation Paper 
Source Library and Archives Canada Soldiers of the First World War.

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