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Private JOHN HOWARD NELSON

Service Number: 422292
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 September 1917

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot H. Row 5. Grave 3.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Born in the State of Ohio, U.S.A.
  • Personal Inscription REST BELOVED REST THE DAY WILL DAWN AND WE SHALL MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 943
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