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Private JOHN WILLIAM SHIELDS

Service Number: 651484
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY

VIA. A. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Michael and Mary Shields, of Chippawa Hill, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription WE SHALL MEET AT JESU'S FEET M.S.
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2144
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