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Lieutenant ALVA ELMER METCALFE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

31st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 November 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY

III. G. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Delbert and Edna A. Metcalfe.
  • Personal Inscription TO HIM IT WAS THE CALL OF DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1658
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