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Thomas Alexander

In memory of:

Private Thomas Alexander

September 27, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

826082

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

72nd Bn .

Additional Information

Born:

March 19, 1894
Victoria, British Columbia

Enlistment:

February 19, 1916
Victoria, British Columbia

Son of Thomas Alexander, of Victoria, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 358 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

QUARRY WOOD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. C. 24.

Location:

Sains les Marquion is a village approximately 12 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and 2 kilometres south of the Arras to Cambrai road (D939). The QUARRY WOOD CEMETERY lies at the end of an access path to the left of the D15 road heading towards Havrincourt, about 2 kilometres from the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of October 19, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y273uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of October 19, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y273uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
  • Photo of Thomas Alexander– From the Daily Colonist of October 20, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y274uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Photo of Thomas Alexander – From the Daily Colonist of October 20, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y274uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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