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Personal data

• Name VAN NESTE
• Initials R
• First name RICHARD
• Place of birth Elsegem
• Country Belgium
• Last residence 16 Aulneau Street, St.Boniface, Winnipeg, Canada
• Family Son of Bruno Van Neste and Marie Verpoort of Elseghem; three brothers, Achille, Adolphe and Jules; two sisters, Martha and Maria; Husband of Marie Vindevogel; two daughters, Angelica and Juliana; four sons, Jules, Achille, Leon and Firmin; emigrated the first time to Canada in 1911; returned with his wife in 1912 and in 1915 brought over his children to Canada;
  
• Profession Schoolmaster and gardener

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 4 January 1916, Winnipeg
• Service number 216040
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 27th Bn. Manitoba (City of Winnipeg) Regiment
• Division - Brigade 6th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 2nd Canadian Division
• National force C.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked for Liverpool, September 1916; to France in March 1917

Death

• Wounded 8 November 1917
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds in his right leg, in n° 10 C.C.S.
• Date of death 10 November 1917
• Died at the age of 37
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXII - HH - 2

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