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Military service
Service number:
513174
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
25th Bn.
Birth:
December 12, 1897
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 9, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 16.
Additional information
Son of A. P. and Bessie Chesley, of 374, Main St., Saint John, New Brunswick.
Brother of Private Harold Albert Chesley, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Frank Alfred Chesley
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Catchpole to Chignell. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 895 of 958. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Frank Alfred Chesley
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Alfred Chesley
VRELY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France
Vrely is a village 32 kilometres East of Amiens, immediately South of Rosieres-en-Santerre. The Communal Cemetery Extension adjoins the rear of the Communal Cemetery which is West of the village on the road to Caix.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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