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Private ELIAS FORD

Service Number: 2709
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Newfoundland Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

XVI. A. 21.

Germany

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sarah Ann Ford, of Port Blandford, Newfoundland. Native of Charlottetown, Bonavista Bay.
  • Personal Inscription ASLEEP IN JESUS FAR FROM THEE THY KINDRED AND THEIR GRAVES
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3324
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