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Sergeant WILLIAM CARL PLOETHNER

Service Number: 781703
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

50th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 June 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PENRITH CEMETERY

"U." BBB. Blue. 33.

United Kingdom

Penrith Cemetery - private memorial marking the grave of two Canadian casualties from the First World War

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Husband of Mary Josephine Jordison (formerly Ploethner), of Aneroid, Saskatchewan.
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Buried or commemorated at

PENRITH CEMETERY
Cumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 49
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