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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Land England, United Kingdom
• Family Husband of Edith Picken, of New Westminster, British Columbia.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 3 January 1916, Vancouver, British Columbia
• Service number 503319
• Rank Sapper
• Regiment and unit 2nd Tunnelling Coy. Canadian Engineers

Death

• Wounded He was taken suddenly ill when on duty in the trenches on May 1st, 1916, and was diagnosed as pneumonia at the Field Ambulance. While in an ambulance car, he was severely wounded by shrapnel from an enemy shell that burst on the road close to the car.
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds in the back at n°10 CCS.
• Died at the age of 35
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VI - B - 40A

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