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Gunner WILLIAM JOHN REA

Service Number: 304303
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Field Artillery

1st Bde.

Date of Death

Died 04 April 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

I. A. 18.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of David and Mary Rea, of White Fox, Saskatchewan. Born Alameda, Saskatchewin.
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Buried or commemorated at

RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 800
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