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Personal data

• Name PRESTON
• Initials CH
• First name CHARLES HENRY
• Place of birth Birmingham
• Country England
• Profession labourer
• Extra info He was a 'home child' and lived in the Middlemore Waifs and Strays Society Home in Birmingham; at the age of ten he was sent to the Colonies, aboard a steamship from Liverpool, arriving in Halifax, May 1907

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 24 November 1914, Saint John, New Brunswick
• Service number 69779
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 26th Bn. New Brunswick Regiment
• Division - Brigade 5th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 2nd Canadian Division
• National force C.E.F.

Death

• Wounded Whilst taking part in a raid on the enemy trenches on the morning of May 1st, 1916, he was severely wounded by a piece of shrapnel from an enemy shell.
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds left temple, in n°3 Can CCS.
• Date of death 6 July 1916
• Died at the age of 20
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VIII - C - 4A

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