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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Land Newfoundland, Canada
• Last residence Munday Pond Road, St.John's
• Family Son of William G. and Eliza H. Strong, of 309, South Side, St. John's, Newfoundland.
• Extra info Member of the Church Lads’ Brigade in Newfoundland prior to his enlistment

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 2 September 1914
• Rank Captain
• Medals Victory Medal; British War Medal
• Regiment and unit 1st Bn. Royal Newfoundland Regiment
• Other data related to military career Sergeant September 1914; Coy Sergeant Major May 1915; wounded Somme Raid, June 28 1916; Second Lt. October 1915; Lieutenant October 1916; Captain August 1917

Death

• Wounded 12 April, Neuve Eglise
• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds right shoulder, affecting liver and bile, at 9.15 pm in n°2 Can.CCS
• Died at the age of 28
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVI - FF - 5

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