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Private W SHEARER

Service Number: 693261
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 March 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY

I. G. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Jessie Shearer, of Hunton, Stronsay, Orkney, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription TO MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 742
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