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Gunner DONALD BEARS

Service Number: 92711
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Garrison Artillery

1st Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 30 November 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXVI. B. 6.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin and Mary Compton Bears, of Brooklyn, Prince Edward Island; husband of Mabel Bradford Bears.
  • Personal Inscription IT IS SWEET AND HONORABLE TO DIE FOR ONE'S COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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