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Gunner JOHN ARCHIBALD MAIN

Service Number: 87258
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Field Artillery

5th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 07 June 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

K. 13.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Margaret Main, of Bankhead House, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland. Native of Elphinstone.
  • Personal Inscription I GAVE MY LIFE FOR OTHERS TO LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 624
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