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Lieutenant LESTER JEROME DEACON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Army Service Corps

5th Canadian Div. Supply Col.

Date of Death

Died 28 July 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY, FREVENT

III. A. 22.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Russ Deacon, C.E., and Lillian Dingman Deacon, of 144, Yale Avenue, Winnipeg. Enlisted at Toronto, March, 1915.
  • Personal Inscription DEAR LESTER THE LOVING HEARTS IN YOUR CANADIAN HOME TURN EVER HERE
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY, FREVENT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 222
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