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Private JOHN EDMOND MORTON

Service Number: 628677
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

47th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 March 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY, VILLERS-AU-BOIS

VI. G. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Morton and Robertina Partington Morton, of Calgary, Alberta. Native of Hillhead, Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription ARISE,SHINE THE GLORY OF THE LORD IS RISEN UPON THEE IS. LX.1
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY, VILLERS-AU-BOIS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1240
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