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Private WILLARD OSCAR MELANSON

Service Number: 283156
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

42nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GIVENCHY-EN-GOHELLE CANADIAN CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ

F. 18.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William H. and Arabella Melanson, of East Ferry, Digby Co., Nova Scotia.
  • Personal Inscription HIS NAME IS WRITTEN IN GOD'S GREAT BOOK FOR HE SLEEPS AMONG THE SLAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

GIVENCHY-EN-GOHELLE CANADIAN CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 154
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