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Corporal JOHN WILLIAM SMAILES

Service Number: 192339
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

42nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1918

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LEZ-CAMBRAI

A. 18.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John A. and Jane Smailes, of North Craster, Lisbury, Northumberland, England.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LEZ-CAMBRAI
Nord France
Number of casualties: 107
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