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Sergeant JOHN W. P. MELVIN

Service Number: 166838
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Pioneers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 April 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI

VI. B. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Eliza and the late David Melvin, of Kirkcaldy, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription TO MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2515
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