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Private DAVID JOHNSTON SYME

Service Number: 425392
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

44th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 October 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY

I. B. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of David Johnston Syme, of "Gichop," Buckingham Drive, Carmyle, Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 11978
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