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Private GEORGE WILBERT AKISTER

Service Number: 427822
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

28th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

II. B. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of James and Jane Akister, of Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

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