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Private J SHIRES

Service Number: 107565
Regiment & Unit/Ship

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion

Date of Death

Died 01 October 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

I. E. 28.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. A. L. Shires. Born at Victoria, British Columbia.
  • Personal Inscription MY ONLY BELOVED SON THY WORK ON EARTH IS DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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