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Private GEORGE WILLIAM FURNIS

Service Number: 252338
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

42nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 November 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PASSCHENDAELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

III. A. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Elizabeth Furnis, of Swift Current, Saskatchewan.
  • Personal Inscription SON - BROTHER LAW OF KINDNESS WAS IN HIS TONGUE HIS END WAS PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

PASSCHENDAELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2102
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