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Kenneth Conacher

In memory of:

Private Kenneth Conacher

August 17, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

150330

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

43rd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

April 24, 1895

Son of Mrs. Mildred Conacher, of Victoria, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 387 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

VIA. A. 10.

Location:

Villers-Bretonneux is a village 16 kilometres east of Amiens on the straight main road to St Quentin. The Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery is about 2 kilometres north of the village on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Group Photo– This photo is of the men from Elgin, Manitoba who were members of the 79th Overseas Batallion during WWI. Of the 19 men in this photo, the following 9 men died in action during the war: Frank James, Clifford Honeyman, John Spratt, Reuben Wilson, Edward Thorpe, William Passmore, Charles Webster, Kenneth Conacher, and William Marshall.

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    Group Photo
    Group Photo – This photo is of the men from Elgin, Manitoba who were members of the 79th Overseas Batallion during WWI. Of the 19 men in this photo, the following 9 men died in action during the war: Frank James, Clifford Honeyman, John Spratt, Reuben Wilson, Edward Thorpe, William Passmore, Charles Webster, Kenneth Conacher, and William Marshall.
  • Newspaper Article

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 1213 of 1384.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 1213 of 1384.
  • Grave marker– Private Kenneth Conacher’s headstone

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – Private Kenneth Conacher’s headstone

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