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Private RUSSEL EARL THOM

Service Number: 475222
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY

VII. G. 30.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Thom, of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1968
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