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Private JOHN CHRISTIAN THURSTON

Service Number: A/298
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 April 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER FARM CEMETERY

I. A. 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Charles S. and Elmira B. Mann Thurston, of Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
  • Personal Inscription BORN IN RICHMOND, VA., U.S.A. DIVIDED BY DEATH RE-UNITED IN HEAVEN MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 424
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