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Private MARION WRIGHT RUSS

Service Number: 100718
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

31st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

IV. N. 36.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Caroline D. Russ; husband of Nora F. Russ, of 417, Washington St., Cape May, New Jersey, U.S.A. Born at Galveston, Indiana.
  • Personal Inscription YOU FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT VICTORY IS WON REST IN PEACE ETERNAL
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Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2771
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