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Lance Corporal JOSHUA LESTER

Service Number: 701272
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

19th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 March 1918

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. E. 46.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Joshua and Ann Lester, of Stockport, England; husband of Edna Lester, of Fort Garry, Manitoba.
  • Personal Inscription TO THE GLORIOUS DEAD EVER IN MEMORY
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Buried or commemorated at

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1181
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