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Eric Avery Smith

In memory of:

Second Lieutenant Eric Avery Smith

September 27, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

100670

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Air Force

Division:

57th Squadron

Additional Information


Born:

April 12, 1896

Son of Avery and Jennie Avery Smith, of Edmonton, Alberta.

Commemorated on Page 593 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

V. G. 5.

Location:

Gezaincourt is a village in the Department of the Somme, situated 2 kilometres to the south-west of the town of Doullens, and BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south of the village. There is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission signpost in Gezaincourt village opposite the Chateau entrance.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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