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Private MATTHEW PROVAN

Service Number: 177414
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

87th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 November 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU GROUNDS CEMETERY

I. C. 63.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of James and the late Margaret Paterson Provan, of Edinburgh; husband of Catherine G. Johnston Provan, of 1162, Messier St., Montreal.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU GROUNDS CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 478
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