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Personal data

• Name MELVIN
• Initials D
• First name DAVID
• Place of birth Airdrie
• Country Scotland
• Profession Farmer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 18 December 1914, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Service number A/20427
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 19th Bn. Central Ontario Regiment
• Division - Brigade 4th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 2nd Canadian Division
• National force C.E.F.

Death

• Wounded Whilst with his Company bombers during operations on the 23rd of April, 1916, at about 2.30 a.m. he was wounded by an enemy rifle bullet.
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wound in the back of the head at n°10 CCS.
• Date of death 26 April 1916
• Died at the age of 31
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VI - D - 19A

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